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Sterigenics plaintiffs ask IL Supreme Court to step in to upend Cook judge's rulings
The plaintiffs call Cook County judge's decisions 'absurd and antithetical to ... prompt justice,' and denial of their clients' rights to prompt trials -
Sterigenics plaintiffs to ask IL Supreme Court to step into dispute over how looming trial will proceed
Hundreds of lawsuits are pending, claiming EtO emissions from Sterigenics caused cancer in Willowbrook. The first trial is scheduled to begin next month -
Despite some dismissals, Macy's still facing privacy lawsuits for use of facial recognition database
Federal judge lets biometrics privacy claims survive retailer's motion to remove itself from a larger action targeting facial recognition tech provider Clearview AI and a collection of its clients -
Federal appeals panel agrees past Chicago Public Schools layoffs weren't racist, dealing another blow to CTU
Union said Black workers were disproportionately laid off in 2011, while CPS blamed declining enrollment. -
Black, Latino Chicago residents win chance to press class action vs CPD past stop-and-frisk policy
Reworked complaint targets police policy, training rather than quotas and paper trail -
Appeals panel says Chicago cops break no laws by junking jail detainees' unclaimed property after 30 days
Men argued city gives insufficient notice of how to reclaim items surrendered during arrest -
Judge won't ground class action vs Nationwide over travel insurance claims denials for COVID cancelled trips
The judge said the insurer hasn't adequately explained why it refused to cover airfare costs for travel insurance policy holders who didn't receive full refunds from airlines after their trips were cancelled. -
Appeals panel: City retirees can press lawsuit vs Chicago City Hall over if constitution requires insurance coverage
An appeals court says earlier ruling that the city is not required to pay for certain retirees' health insurance, but that ruling did not answer the question of what obligations the city still has to those retired workers. -
Complaint: IL Gaming Board 'wielding FOIA like a sword' vs Gold Rush video gaming, Heidner
Lawsuit accuses the Illinois Gaming Board of leaking negative and confidential information about Gold Rush to the Chicago Tribune and the feds, while slowwalking FOIA requests submitted by Gold Rush to learn how it happened. -
Judge tosses racial bias suit vs CPS, says lower black enrollment caused teacher layoffs, not racism
A federal judge has dismissed a teachers union class action against the Chicago Public Schools board, which alleged discrimination against blacks was behind teacher layoffs, finding color blind bureaucracy, not racism, determined who received pink slips.