Ruling marks second time judge says Chicago Transit Authority can be sued for violating religious freedom protections under state and federal law by firing workers who voiced religious objections to its Covid vaccine mandate
Lawyers who represented a group of about 6,350 retired workers from the Chicago Transit Authority are poised to collect about $26.7M in the lawsuit over whether the CTA was allowed to make retirees pay a portion of their health insurance costs
The CTA is accused in a new class action lawsuit of violating a state genetic information privacy law by requiring workers to disclose parts of their families' medical histories.
A federal judge said the Chicago Transit Authority may yet need to provide explanation for denying a fired devout Catholic electrician's application for a religious exemption from the agency's Covid-19 vaccine mandate
The electrician claimed he was subjected to nearly two years of alleged mistreatment from co-workers, including allegedly finding a noose hanging at a job site, after he complained about alleged discrimination from his foreman
A woman who suffered a serious leg injury when she was struck and dragged by a CTA bus in downtown Chicago has received a $20 million settlement for her injuries.
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled the CTA doesn't owe money to family of man killed by subway train, because he was trespassing and should have known trains posed danger.
The time has come for the general public to easily access information about court cases online, so judges can be adequately evaluated by voters and held accountable for their actions, says Matt Rosenberg, of Wirepoints.
The following cases categorized as "replevin" were on the docket in the Circuit Court of Cook County on July 28. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The Circuit Court of Cook County reported the following activity in the suit brought by Kinecta Federal against Dennis Leroy A. on July 28: 'Summons Issued And Returnable'.
The following cases categorized as "replevin" were on the docket in the Circuit Court of Cook County on July 27. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
Appellate panel rules district judge wrong to order release of security footage showing a man pushing another passenger onto tracks at Blue Line Washington station in 2017.
Class action lawsuits accused Six Flags of including too many card digits on customer receipts. A settlement would allow Six Flags to pay $450,000 to customers, but $1.7 million to the lawyers who filed the lawsuits, to end the court fight.
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied appeal petitions in three cases arguing courts have been wrong to allow unions to use a "good faith" defense to keep millions in fees deducted for the unions by governments from the paychecks of non-union government workers.
The lawsuit asks a federal judge to declare unconstitutional a provision of the Illinois labor law for educational institutions which unions and schools rely on to deduct union dues from workers' paychecks.
A math teacher working in the Chicago Public Schools is seeking the chance to argue before the Supreme Court that the Chicago Teachers Union's claims to be his exclusive bargaining representative is unconstitutional, and that the union must refund fees it collected unconstitutionally.
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