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Class action: Fertility Clinics of Illinois should pay for big patient data breach
A class action on behalf of nearly 80,000 patients says the Fertility Clinics of Illinois failed to notify patients and regulators for months of a data breach that exposed personal information and medical records. -
Maune Raichle leveled $402K sanction in Bestwall bankruptcy for pursuing 'egregious' Illinois lawsuit
CHARLOTTE - U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Laura Beyer laid a $402,817.70 penalty on St. Louis asbestos firm Maune Raichle on Aug. 31, to reimburse a Georgia Pacific entity for defending an Illinois lawsuit the firm filed in violation of an order she entered. -
Judge tosses class action accusing McDonald's of discriminating against Black franchisees
Brothers, who own severa, McDonald's franchise restaurants, said McDonald's steers Black restaurant owners into low-income, high-cost communities, not desired by white restaurant owners. -
Thornton Law Firm demands insurer cover its costs in fighting to preserve $74M fees
Boston-based Thornton Law Firm is asking the court to order Continental Casualty to pay its legal bills in big fee fight. -
Madigan boosts Kilbride campaign with $550K; Most contributions coming from outside district
SPRINGFIELD – Ninety percent of the $1.9 million in contributions and transfers received by Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride in the third quarter came from sources in or near Chicago and St. Louis. -
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. -
Lawsuit: McDonald's sends Black franchisees on 'financial suicide mission' to inner city restaurants
A discrimination lawsuit filed in federal court accuses McDonald's of misleading and mistreating its Black restaurant franchisees by saddling them with high cost, low revenue restaurants in crime ridden inner city areas. -
ICJL: Legislators should enact protections of health care providers to bolster Pritzker’s executive order
ELMHURST – Now that Gov. J. B. Pritzker has limited civil liability for health care providers fighting a global virus, the Illinois Civil Justice League is calling on legislators to give his executive order the force of law. -
Parents of woman born with disabilities claim Motorola exposed expectant mother to harmful substances
Parents of a child born with disabilities are suing Motorola Solutions, citing alleged negligence and failure to warn and protect. -
Appeals panel: Federal judge wrong to deny Boeing military contractor defense in asbestos suit
A Chicago federal appeals court has overridden a downstate federal judge, who sent an ex-Boeing worker’s asbestos suit against the company back to state court, saying the case belongs under federal jurisdiction because Boeing claims the federal government was in control of its bomber production and knew the danger of asbestos was involved. -
Citizens to Elect Judge O'Meara committee reports nearly $8K in contributions during first quarter
Citizens to Elect Judge O'Meara reported receiving $8,430 from Jan. 1 through March 31, according to its first quarter report to the Illinois State Board of Elections. -
Mackoff committee reports nearly $46K in contributions during first quarter
Elect Judge Mackoff reported receiving $45,875 from Jan. 1 through March 31, according to its first quarter report to the Illinois State Board of Elections. -
Report: Asbestos litigation declines nationwide, slightly in Cook Co., still pervasive in three IL counties
As the number of new asbestos lawsuits declined nationally, activity in Illinois’ three hotbeds for asbestos litigation showed few signs of ebbing in 2017, even though the distribution of filing activity has shifted slightly. -
IL appeals court revives suit vs Motorola over birth defects in children of factory workers
An Illinois appeals court has revived significant portions of a lawsuit that seeks to assign blame for birth defects to Motorola, rejecting, in part, the company's arguments parents and former Motorola workers can't sue because the fathers, rather than the mothers of the children, allegedly were exposed to the alleged toxic substances at Motorola factories in Arizona and Texas. -
CP Hall Company sued over asbestos exposure
A woman is suing The CP Hall Company for alleged liability and negligence, causing her relative's injuries. -
Brenntag North America Inc., others sued for alleged failure to warn woman of asbestos
A woman is suing Brenntag North America Inc. and several other companies for alleged liability and negligence. -
SailTime boat-sharing parent company countersues to avoid liability in 2014 Lake Michigan deaths
A 2014 Lake Michigan boating death, which already gave rise to one lawsuit, is at the center of a counterclaim action filed Dec. 9 in Cook County Circuit Court, as the parent organization for a Chicago area boat-sharing group has filed suit to ask a judge to declare it should not be forced to share in the defense against the lawsuit over the boating accident. -
Paul's Pizza & Hotdogs faces claim of liability for woman's ankle injury
A woman is suing Paul's Pizza & Hotdogs Inc., alleging the restaurant should pay for ankle injuries she sustained when she stepped in an open drain at the restaurant. -
Man who says his wife died from asbestos fibers on his work clothes sues Lance Construction Supplies
A man representing his late wife's estate is suing his employer, alleging negligence and insufficient measures taken to prevent injuries connected to asbestos, saying his wife became ill and died from breathing in asbestos fibers on his work clothes. -
Weber Stephen Products accused of selling 'charcoal chimney' that led to house fire, death
The family of a deceased Kentucky woman is suing Weber Stephen Products LLC, saying the grillmaker should pay for a fatal house fire allegedly started by a defective "charcoal chimney starter."