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In the case of Robert Bless versus Cook County Sheriff's Office and Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board, filed in the Appellate Court of Illinois, First Judicial District under case ID 2021-CH-05831 on March 5, 2024, the plaintiff appeals against his dismissal from the Cook County Sheriff’s Office.
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A state appeals panel says one time 14th Ward aldermanic candidate Jaime Guzman can't revive defamation suit accusing U.S. Rep Jesus "Chuy" Garcia of launching a false rumor accusing Guzman of domestic violence to take him out of 2019 campaign for Ed Burke's seat
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In a case filed in the Appellate Court of Illinois, First Judicial District, John Trapp has appealed against the City of Burbank Firefighters’ Pension Fund and The Board of Trustees of the Burbank Firefighters’ Pension Fund.
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The decision means ex-Harvest Bible Chapel pastor James MacDonald can't get access to certain documents he claims he needs to see to press his legal claims against the church's former lawyers.
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A state appeals panel overturned the ruling of a Cook County judge who had invalidated Mayor Brandon Johnson's real estate sales tax hike ballot measure because it illegally asked voters two questions in one referendum. The appeals court said validity challenges need to wait until after the election
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A state appeals panel said a Cook County judge didn't make a mistake in awarding the fees to the lawyers, despite defendants' claims that the lawyers will benefit the most. The panel also said the lawyers can potentially go after the defendants' lawyers to collect on the judgment and fees
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Dissent argues ruling makes Illinois' already clogged courts even more appealing to foreign plaintiffs, even if the cases have no real connection to the U.S. The Baker firm says the case is a prime example of "forum shopping," and the decision is an "affront" to legal doctrines governing where cases are heard
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Illinois state appeals panel says Advocate Health bore direct responsibility to ensure supplies and medications were on hand at the right time for surgery in 2017 to replace implant needed to keep man alive
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Rolling Meadows says it may take the case to the Illinois Supreme Court.
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Tressler is proud to announce that The Appellate Lawyers selected Rosa M. Tumialán as the Recommended 2024 Illinois Appellate Attorney.
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The appeals court said the arbitration clause associated with the photographer's press pass user agreement was "unconscionable" because it wasn't easy to spot online, so the Chicago Cubs can't use it to defeat a photographer's lawsuit for injuries suffered while working at Wrigley Field in 2018
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Appeals justices rule the class action stood as an improper attempt to circumvent village's administrative hearing process through which such tickets can be challenged, before suing in court.
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The appeals panel says a Cook County judge wrongly shut down the lawsuit from contractors who say the county has budgeted transportation money to fund other county departments, allegedly in violation of the 2016 Safe Roads Amendment to the Illinois state constitution.
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The plaintiffs are seeking to expand a "no-injury" standard that had been created by the Illinois Supreme Court for big money class actions under Illinois' biometric privacy law to now apply to class action lawsuits under Chicago's landlord-tenant ordinance
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A state appeals panel says Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx never actually reached a binding deal with Smollett to drop charges, so special prosecution is not unconstitutional 'double jeopardy'
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Appeals panel rules litigation improperly questions motivations of General Assembly
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Illinois appellate judges ruled a man who is suing GSK over alleged Zantac cancer link can't sidestep Illinois' reporter's privilege to force the Journal of the American Medical Association to reveal the identity of a government official who communicated with JAMA editors before they spiked a story on a Zantac cancer study in 2020
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The Illinois Supreme Court said the slain man's accomplices should be allowed to resume their lawsuits accusing Chicago Police of excessive force for firing 76 shots into their getaway van
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A state appeals court agreed that Advocate Health can fire workers who refuse to get a Covid vaccine, because Gov. JB Pritzker and state lawmakers in Springfield changed Illinois' Right of Conscience law specifically to remove protections for religious objectors to Covid vaccine mandates
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Park Ridge Republican lawyer Frank DiFranco has claimed Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough used then-novel Vote By Mail rules to cheat in counting votes to allow a Democrat and former Yarbrough staffer to eke out a win in the northwest suburban judicial race
