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Judge OKs antitrust class actions vs big turkey producers over prices
The class actions will include retailers, restaurants and other commercial and institutional customers who purchased turkeys from large U.S. turkey producers from 2010-2016. The lawsuits, similar to those filed against chicken and beef producers, assert the turkey producers conspired to constrict supply and boost prices -
Top Lawyer for Boeing Crash Victims Speaks Out on Corporate Exodus
Boeing’s top executive will step down this year amid a broader shakeup of the airplane manufacturer’s top leadership announced on March 25, 2024. -
Appeals panel: Illinois prejudgment interest law constitutional, doesn't unfairly hamper defendants' rights to defend themselves in court
Other courts have found differently, but the ruling marks the first time a state appeals court has directly answered the question of whether Illinois' law allowing plaintiffs to demand huge interest payments on top of potentially draconian verdicts, violates Illinois' state constitution -
Appeals panel: Hospital can't be sued for providing care to baby for two weeks at direction of woman who cut her mother's womb
The father of the now deceased baby had sought to sue Advocate Health for intentional infliction of emotional distress, alleging they didn't do enough to verify the woman who had killed the pregnant mother to take the baby actually was the child's mother -
Class action: Instant Pot makers didn't tell consumers cooker lids can open while under pressure, burn users
A nationwide class action is seeking to compel the makers of the Instant Pot line of electric cookers to pay for allegedly failing to tell consumers about an alleged defect in the product that could cause users to get severely burned -
Journalist claims ex-landlord retaliated against him for "unflattering" articles about Restaurant.com complaints, lawsuits
Lawsuit from publisher of Loop North News alleges a real estate broker moved to cancel his apartment lease at Chicago's Marina City, after the journalist published articles about Restaurant.com that were allegedly found objectionable by the president of the Marina City association, whose husband is CEO of Restaurant.com. -
MLB can't use fine print on ticket to escape lawsuit from woman hit in face by foul ball at Wrigley: Appeals panel
A state appeals panel has ruled sports patrons aren't bound by arbitration agreements attached to tickets just because they enter a ballpark for a game. -
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Judge bulldozes Caterpillar bid to dump class action suit over alleged faulty engine parts
A Chicago federal judge ruled the Illinois-based heavy equipment maker gained no traction in its attempt to argue that plaintiffs can't represent a nationwide class in lawsuit. -
Judge: Restaurants OK for now to press lawsuits vs Society Insurance over denied coverage for COVID shutdown losses
A federal judge ruled Society Insurance can't dismiss the lawsuits, as government shutdown orders, caused by COVID-19, may have caused the restaurants to lose big money, which may yet be eligible for coverage. -
Madigan continues to rake in donations from trial lawyers, despite federal corruption probe
State campaign finance disclosures reveal trial lawyers, their firms and political lobbying groups have donated more than $175,000 to Madigan's two campaign organizations since Sept. 30. -
Appeals panel: Insurance company not on the hook for interest owed on $26M taxi crash verdict
Appeals panel said bankrupt Yellow Cab and the driver owe the passenger $6.6 million in interest on the judgment, not American Country Insurance, which paid $350,000. -
Lawsuits to accuse Crestwood clinic over employee's alleged secret cameras in bathroom
Three Chicago area firms said they were filing suit on behalf of at least 14 employees of Aspen Dental Clinic in Crestwood. -
Antitrust suit vs big turkey farms over alleged turkey price fixing remains uncaged
Chicago judge allows bulk of class action to survive motion to dismiss -
ROMANUCCI & BLANDIN: Chicago Personal Injury Law Firms Unite in Honor of Breast Cancer Patients and Families
A coalition of leading plaintiff’s law firms in Chicago have come together to show their support of Breast Cancer patients and their families. -
Lawyers outside Kilbride district go big with $1 million in a week; Nearly all came from trial bar in Cook, Madison, St. Clair counties
ROCK ISLAND – Tom Keefe’s firm in Swansea and John Simmons’s firm in Alton each contributed $100,000 to retention of Supreme Court Justice Tom Kilbride after he removed the limit on his contributors. -
Trial lawyers keep funding Madigan political war chest, despite bribery scandal; $161K donated in September
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, who is also chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois, has been implicated in a federal bribery investigation. Trial lawyers, however, continue to donate money to Madigan's campaign organization. -
Appeals panel: Justice Park District must pay $18.5M to family of boy who drowned at day camp
The Justice Park District appealed the $18.5 million verdict against it, arguing the court did not allow it to mount a proper defense in the drowning of a child at a day camp. -
Plaintiffs' lawyers file 600 more personal injury lawsuits vs Sterigenics, now also suing Griffith Foods
Alsip-based Griffith Foods says it has had nothing to do with the shuttered Willowbrook sterilization plant for more than 20 years. -
Family of college football player who committed suicide can continue concussion lawsuit vs NCAA, MIAA
Complaint says former linebacker, who shot himself in 2014, suffered more than 100 concussions playing football at Pittsburg State University in Kansas. -
EtO plaintiffs: Even before 1st lawsuit filed, Sterigenics moved to put $1.3B 'out of reach' of personal injury lawsuits
Sterigenics says the finance accusations are 'inaccurate,' 'misleading' and 'false.'