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The lawsuit claims Northwestern Medicine has refused to relent from its decisions to deny the religious exemption requests, even while bringing in unvaccinated contract nurses to address an alleged nursing shortage
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The lawsuit concedes Northwestern Memorial Hospital disclosed the use of Facebook's Meta Pixel program to patients signing up to use the hospital's online portal to schedule appointments. But the lawsuit alleges the hospital and Facebook-related companies still violated patient privacy rights
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Couple now suing Abbott Laboratories already won $18.5M jury verdict against doctors who prescribed the anticonvulsant Depakote
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Nurse alleges hospital fired her for bringing her own PPE to work with COVID-19 patients, and telling her colleagues to do the same thing
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Security guard at Advocate South Suburban Hospital, nurse at Mercy Hospital claim they were fired after complaining about their hospitals' alleged mask policies for workers.
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The nurse says the Northwestern Hospital forbade nurses from wearing N95 masks, and fired her when she emailed coworkers to say N95 masks were safer than hospital-issued masks, and showed up for work in an N95 mask.
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A state appeals court has approved sanctions against a woman whose attorney - a now suspended lawyer who once represented Drew Peterson - filed an appeal that judges said contradicts an established settlement and displays a "total lack of respect for the appellate process."
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An appeals court has affirmed that a medical malpractice lawsuit should be thrown out because the man who sued failed to disclose the lawsuit in bankruptcy filings.
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An Illinois appeals panel has ruled that a Chicago woman behind repeated allegedly frivolous and improperly drawn lawsuits against Northwestern Memorial Hospital and others should be barred from further appeals unless she first obtains judicial approval.
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Ceridian, one of the country’s largest human resources services vendors, and Becton Dickinson, one of the largest makers of medical technology, have become the latest big targets of class action lawsuits under an Illinois biometric information privacy law.
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A group of Northwestern Memorial Hospital have sued the hospital for requiring workers to scan fingerprints when entering a secured area in which medication was stored. Northwestern Hospital and the vendors who supplied the technology for the entrance security system are asking a federal judge to dismiss the workers' lawsuit, because state biometric privacy law does not cover the healthcare field.
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A hospital employee's refusal to meet with a manager about a disciplinary report was misconduct justifying her managers' decision to fire her in 2017, an Illinois appeals court said in an April 17 ruling.
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A man alleges he sustained permanent injuries as a result of his condition not being diagnosed in a timely manner.
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A patient alleges she needed an additional surgery because of the negligence of a Chicago hospital and physicians in performing a reconstructive surgery after a mastectomy.
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A couple is seeking damages from several medical entities over allegations they failed to recognize the signs of a spinal condition.
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A hotel worker union is suing the city of Chicago, claiming it improperly wielded a noise ordinance to hamper their rights while striking. A judge has denied their request for a temporary restraining order against the city.
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A man is suing Northwestern Memorial Hospital, citing negligence after a relative's death.
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A woman is suing Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, and doctors Collin Gillispie, Charles Caffrey and Chinh Phan, citing alleged negligence.
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A patient is suing Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Dr. Laurie Chalifoux, Dr. Nicole Higgins and other medical providers, citing alleged negligence.
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A couple is suing Northwestern Memorial Hospital and several other medical providers for alleged loss of consortium and negligence.
