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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Complaint says former linebacker, who shot himself in 2014, suffered more than 100 concussions playing football at Pittsburg State University in Kansas.
The number of lawsuits has again surged against Sterigenics, even as the company seeks to dismiss them by asserting the public nuisance suits are thwarted by federal and state emissions regulation.
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