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Class action accusing State Farm of mishandling claimants personal health info fails, for now
Insurer, data firm accused of using data beyond purposes of claims adjudication -
Class action accuses State Farm of wrongly sharing people's health information with company building risk database
The lawsuit asserts State Farm and Insurance Services Office have violated federal health privacy law and privacy rights under the Illinois state constitution. -
Trial lawyers pony up big bucks to slam Republicans, boost Democrats running in close IL Supreme Court races
This fall, voters will have the chance to reshape the partisan makeup of the Illinois Supreme Court for the first time in modern history. Trial lawyers and other progressive special interests are pouring millions of dollars into a campaign fund to stop that -
Judge nixes bid from Griffith Foods to toss Willowbrook EtO suits; Hundreds of identical lawsuits filed since
More than 460 lawsuits have been filed in Cook County court against Griffith Foods since a judge refused Griffith's attempt to dismiss claims asserting they should be liable for ethylene oxide emissions from the former Sterigenics medical sterilization plant in Willowbrook -
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. -
Windy City Limo, Firenze Italian, Candlelite restaurant owners sue insurers for denying COVID claims
More lawsuits were filed against insurers for refusing to cover claims for income losses stemming from Gov. JB Pritzker's orders to shut down businesses to combat COVID-19. -
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. -
Appeals panel agrees Lincolnshire didn't violate union members' rights by belonging to Illinois Municipal League
Federal suit alleged village violated rights by using tax money to pay dues to lobby group that backed Right to Work zones -
Class action: Franciscan Health, Olympia Fields medical practice lost boxes of records for 22K patients
A Homewood woman has filed a class action lawsuit against the Franciscan Health system and an Olympia Fields-based medical group, accusing them of allowing the personal data of more than 22,000 patients to be breached when boxes of documents went missing from a storage facility. -
Split IL high court says local governments must make decisions if hiding behind special IL lawsuit immunity
Making no decision, leading to someone getting hurt, can get a local government sued, the Illinois Supreme Court says -
Sterigenics: Personal injury lawsuits should be doomed by EPA, other government regulation of EtO emissions
Sterigenics has asked a Cook County judge to dismiss a host of personal injury lawsuits against it, asserting the law does not allow it to be sued for its emissions of ethylene oxide, because the emissions were regulated by the government -
Appeals court: 54 ex-NFL players' concussion suits vs Riddell doomed by failure to sue helmet maker at same time as NFL
An Illinois appeals panel has ruled a group of more than 50 NFL players waited too long to sue the maker of the helmets they wore in their playing days, as the players neglected to sue helmet manufacturer Riddell when they first sued the National Football League, alone. However, one former player did sue in time, the appeals court ruled. -
Can Sterigenics easily swap sterilants? Lawyers say yes; FDA, medical device makers less certain
Lawyers leading a growing number of lawsuits vs Sterigenics say the medical device sterilizer can easily substitute another sterilization method for ethylene oxide. The FDA and medical device makers seem less certain. -
Appellate court affirms dismissal of amended lawsuit over cyclist's death on Aurora bike trail
A state appeals court has declined to revive the fifth try at a lawsuit filed over the 2015 death of a Des Plaines woman who died while bicycling on an Aurora bike trail. -
Judge nixes bid to undo ruling tossing union suit over Lincolnshire dues to 'private' IL Municipal League
A federal judge has refused unions’ request to reconsider his decision to toss their lawsuit, arguing a Supreme Court decision allowing non-union workers to stop paying compulsory fees to unions should also be read to prohibit local governments from using taxes to fund organizations which lobby in favor of policies opposed by labor unions. -
Jackson Park Hospital, others named in wrongful death suit over patient's death after caesarean section
A wrongful death suit has been filed against a hospital and several physicians over the 2017 death of a woman after a caesarean section. -
Cary man alleges battery purchased at Vapor Place exploded while in pocket
A Cary consumer alleges he was injured when a lithium-ion battery exploded while in his pocket. -
Unions ask judge to give new shot to sue over dues paid by Lincolnshire to 'private' IML for lobbying
Two unions have asked a federal judge to reconsider his decision tossing their attempt to force the village of Lincolnshire to stop paying dues to the Illinois Municipal League because the association of Illinois cities and villages lobbies in favor of policies union members may oppose. -
Union suit nixed vs Lincolnshire over dues paid for 'anti-union' lobbying; ballot box remains open: Judge
A federal judge has rejected an attempt by unions to force the village of Lincolnshire to stop paying dues to the Illinois Municipal League because the association of Illinois cities and villages lobbies in favor of policies union members may oppose.