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An Illinois appeals panel has said it has no jurisdiction to reverse a Cook County judge’s refusal to take some of the payments by the city of Chicago, meant to cover city retirees’ health insurance coverage, to instead pay fees to attorneys suing the city on behalf of retirees.
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The children of a Chicago man killed in a fire at an Airbnb might be able to pursue their lawsuit against the people and companies they hold responsible for the fire, but they can’t do it in Illinois.
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An Illinois appeals court is calling for state legislators to correct a “circular” law that ostensibly gives rehabilitated felons a chance to acquire gun permits, but in reality puts them on a "merry-go-round" between state and federal law without hope of obtaining a permit, the ruling states.
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An Illinois appeals panel has ruled a group of more than 50 NFL players waited too long to sue the maker of the helmets they wore in their playing days, as the players neglected to sue helmet manufacturer Riddell when they first sued the National Football League, alone. However, one former player did sue in time, the appeals court ruled.
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A Chicago-area livery company's insurer must defend that company in a personal injury case brought by a blind man after a driver allegedly caused him to walk into a cement pillar outside a hospital, a state appeals court has ruled.
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A state appeals panel has rejected the lawsuit of a woman who alleged the CTA, Pace and Ventra violated her rights and those of her children when they refused to issue discounted rate transit cards to homeschooled students.
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An Illinois appeals panel has ruled the owners of a now-closed Near West Side bar cannot be sued for a "targeted" murder that took place there because the slaying was not a foreseeable event. To rule otherwise, the justices said, would essentially require restaurants and bars to hire "round-the-clock security."
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A man who fell while leaving a Chicago food pantry is not entitled to damages from the pantry or its Catholic church landlord for his injuries, a state appellate court has ruled.
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A state appeals court has vacated a large attorney fee sanction award facing a business owner, saying he was never properly served and therefore was not under the jurisdiction of the court for the purposes of the lawsuit.
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A state appeals court has refused to reinstate a malpractice lawsuit against a Chicago lawyer, who was alleged to have mismanaged a lawsuit brought by the parents of a woman killed in a drunk driving crash after leaving a concert in Tinley Park, ruling the case was weak rather than botched.
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An Illinois appeals court has ruled that a North Carolina online auto auctioneer's advertising, emails, phone calls and its online auctions mean the company has done enough business in Illinois to be sued in Illinois state court for allegedly misleading an Illinois customer about the SUV he purchased online, even though the online seller's terms and conditions said disputes should be settled in North Carolina courts.
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The Illinois Supreme Court has detoured a company's challenge to a state law requiring certain passenger transport companies to carry certain amounts of underinsured motorist coverage, as the high court justices said the company, which is being sued in a personal injury case citing that law, chose the wrong legal vehicle to make its arguments.
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CHICAGO — An Illinois appellate court has upheld the dismissal of a former Moraine Valley Community College student's suit against the school after he was punished for calling his female professor a derogatory word while performing an improvisation skit in an acting class that involved a pimp and prostitute as characters.
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Chicago City Hall can tax home sales involving Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac because they are not really federal agencies, a state appeals panel has ruled.
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An Illinois state appeals court has ruled Chicago's city tax on streaming services is constitutional.
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A patient who was mistakenly given someone else's allergy shot at a University of Illinois Medical Center allergy clinic that was 100 times her intended dose, has lost her appeal for a new trial and her challenge of a jury's zero damages verdict.
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A state appeals panel ssys the Markham Park District owes law firm Tressler LLP money for work the firm performed as the district geared up to defeat a 2011 referendum that would have disbanded the district.
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A three-justice panel of the Illinois First District Appellate Court has upheld a massive verdict against a trucking company in relation to a 2011 Interstate 65 crash, saying a trial court properly allowed both Indiana and Illinois law to apply.
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In a dispute about what constitutes an “act of duty” death, a state appeals panel agreed the Maywood Police Pension Board was right to deny a surviving spouse pension to the wife of an officer who died as a result of a drug overdose.
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Cook County wants to 'rewrite' the Illinois state constitution's transportation funding rules, a new appellate brief says.
