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Melrose Park settles to end Westlake Hospital legal fight for $1.5M; Edelson firm could get 20%
After nearly a year and a half of litigation in multiple courts, Melrose Park and Pipeline Health have settled the lawsuits over the closure of Westlake Hospital for $1.5 million, potentially minus 20% to pay their lawyers. -
Appeals panel restores lawsuit accusing Dart of improperly overturning pretrial release of some Black detainees
7th Circuit: Judge, not sheriff, has the right to force continued detention -
Ex-Westlake Hospital workers OK to continue lawsuit vs Pipeline Health over hospital closure, termination warnings
Judge rejects motion to dismiss, says company can't skirt role as employer under WARN Act -
Transgender jail employee OK to sue Cook County after being outed by supervisor, federal judge says
The employee alleges invasion of privacy, emotional distress and threats to his personal safety -
Cook County COVID court activity restrictions extended until mid-May; most remaining activities to be held remotely
Cook County’s chief judge has extended the COVID-induced shutdown of nearly all county court proceedings until mid-May, at the earliest, and this time will close some courthouses, while also requiring virtually all remaning activity to be conducted by videoconference. -
Kim Foxx reenters legal fight over Westlake Hospital, says hospital closure broke state law
Westlake owners Pipeline Health Systems closed hospital under bankruptcy in 2019, saying they were losing millions of dollars per month. The state's attorney says the bankruptcy involved a "sham entity." -
Judge chops off most of defamation suit against Jussie Smollet's attorneys
The judge said most of the Osundairo brothers' allegations are too imprecise to go forward, though the brothers can press their claims vs attorney Tina Glandian over her claims the brothers had worn "white face" and attacked Smollett. -
Appeals panel: Medical caregivers can't use their patients to sue the state to force Medicaid payments
Panel determines private 'consultants' don't have standing. The judges said the patients weren't harmed by the state's delay in processing caregivers' paychecks and would gain nothing from the lawsuit. -
Appeals panel: IL property tax laws stymy property tax lawsuits, wrongly shield Cook County from answering for unequal assessments
A federal appeals panel has revived a lawsuit brought by a group of property owners against Cook County, as the judges say Illinois laws and tax appeal rules have created a system in which certain taxpayers can't get justice over unequal tax assessments. -
Elections board: Chicago lawyer who represented Burge can use Irish maiden name on ballot for judge election
The hearing board said it doesn't matter she's used her maiden name when practicing law or running for other offices. The objector has sought judicial review of that decision. -
Cook County: Facebook can be sued in Illinois, should 'expect to be sued' for 'data mining'
Foxx: 'Facebook is far less a website than it is a data mining company' -
Cook County Circuit Court selects 15 to be appointed associate county judges
Six current judges have been reselected, and nine lawyers selected, by Cook County's elected circuit judges to serve as the county's newest associate judges. -
Facebook: Cook County's lawsuit over 2016 Cambridge Analytica data mining still defective, a 'hodgepodge'
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx had sued over alleged 2016 Cambridge Analytica data mining. But Facebook says the lawsuit can't be allowed to continue. -
Judge: Bankruptcy law shields Pipeline from Melrose Park's lawsuit over using bankruptcy to close Westlake Hospital
A federal judge has ruled bankruptcy laws should block lawyers representing the village of Melrose Park from continuing to sue the owners of a now-shuttered suburban hospital for using federal bankruptcy protection to close the hospital, despite a state court order blocking the owners from locking the doors at the financially-troubled health care facility. -
Smollett: City's lawsuit should fail because alleged sensational hoax report didn't justify big investigation costs
An attorney for actor Jussie Smollett, who last winter dominated headlines and television broadcasts across the U.S. and around the world with his tale of being assaulted in the dead of night in Chicago, allegedly by white supporters of President Donald Trump, because he was black and gay, has asked a federal judge to toss the attempt by the city of Chicago to force Smollett to repay hundreds of thousands of dollars the city’s police spent investigating the claims the police found to be false. -
Pipeline Health: Melrose Park broke law by asking Cook County judge to find Pipeline in contempt for Westlake bankruptcy
As a Cook County judge prepares to handle the question of whether to hold the owner of a Melrose Park hospital in contempt for filing bankruptcy, the hospital owner has in turn asked a federal bankruptcy judge to find the village of Melrose Park broke federal law by asking the Cook County judge to find them in contempt. -
Blue Island police officer alleges higher-ups, state reps tried to stymie probe into boy's death
A police sergeant in suburban Blue Island is suing city officials and two state representatives, alleging they engineered his suspension on trumped-up grounds, because his investigation into a boy’s hit-and-run death led to a suspect with Democratic Party ties whom they wished to protect. -
Special prosecutor for Smollett case could have implications for Chicago's lawsuit vs actor over hoax investigation
A Cook County judge has ordered a special prosecutor to unravel the perplexities of the Jussie Smollett criminal case. And that could have ramifications for Chicago City Hall's lawsuit against Smollett, to seek recovery of the money the city spent investigating the alleged hoax. -
Melrose Park hospital owners say village and Kim Foxx have no say whether privately run health care facility closes
The owner of Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park said village officials and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx have no skin in the game to keep the financially struggling facility open against the owner’s wishes. -
Melrose Park lawyers: Hospital regulators appointed by Pritzker voted illegally on Westlake closure
Lawyers for the village of Melrose Park say two people appointed by Gov. JB Pritzker to a state hospital regulatory panel improperly voted to allow a controversy-plagued hospital to close, because their appointments had not yet been approved by the state Senate.