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Judge: 'Distracting' Sephora window ads didn't cause woman to fall down stairs at Woodfield Mall
The plaintiff claimed a window display at the mall's Sephora cosmetics store caused her not to see a flight of four stairs in front of her, causing her to fall and break multiple bones -
Appeals panel: IL liquor control law doesn't define an unborn fetus as a 'person,' family can't sue taverns for DUI death
The state's Wrongful Death law allows lawsuits for the deaths of unborn children, but Illinois' Dramshop Act, which governs when taverns can be sued for death and injuries, includes no such provisions, the appellate justices said -
IL Supreme Court says injured workers can sue third-party contractors, even if contractors pay workers' compensation
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled a third-party general contractor from Chicago is not shielded from a lawsuit by an injured worker, even though the contractor paid workers' compensation benefits to the worker, because only direct employers who cover workers' compensation are insulated from liability. -
Appeals court: Doctor's 'credentialing file' protected from disclosure in medmal suit vs hospital
An Illinois state appellate court says South Shore Hospital doesn't need to produce a doctor's "credentialing file" as part of a medical malpractice case, finding that the documents are privileged under state law. -
Rush-Copley Medical Center not liable for doctor's delayed treatment of woman's kidney stone, appeals court rules
An Aurora hospital remains not liable in a doctor's decision to wait until the following day to remove a woman's kidney, prolonging her pain and causing serious injuries, a three-justice state appeals court panel has ruled.