The Circuit Court of Cook County reported the following activity in the suit brought by Chicago Patrolmen' against Dukes Miescha on January 04: 'Summons Returned-N.s. Reason: No Contact'
The Circuit Court of Cook County reported the following activity in the suit brought by Weatherstone Re against Occupants Any and Payne-Dukes Raesha on January 04: 'Summons Served-Substitute Service'
The Circuit Court of Cook County reported the following activities in the suit brought by Weatherstone Re against Occupants Any and Payne-Dukes Raesha on December 27: 'Joint Action Complaint Filed', 'Summons Issued And Returnable' and 'Case Set On Trial Call'
The Circuit Court of Cook County reported the following activities in the suit brought by Chicago Patrolmen' against Dukes Miescha on December 17: 'Contract Complaint Filed', 'Affidavit As To Military Service Filed', 'Summons Issued And Returnable' and 'Case Electronically Filed'
A federal appeals panel has shelved an attempt by a group of downstate landowners to sue their county for setting property tax bills after only reassessing the properties in their township, effectively raising their tax bills by 25 percent, allegedly violating their constitutional rights to equal protection.
A Chicago federal judge has turned aside, for now, an attempt to turn a dispute over a debt collection into a class action, saying the evidence supplied by plaintiffs in the case - a collection letter which allegedly violated federal law - is not enough to justify the request to expand the lawsuit to include others who may have received similar letters.
A federal judge has denied the attempt by a former challenger to powerful Ill. House Speaker Michael Madigan to resurrect his legal action against Madigan and several of his political allies, alleging the lawmaker and his political associates imrproperly conspired to sabotage his 2016 Democratic primary election campaign.
A man who launched an ill-fated primary election challenge of Michael J. Madigan, arguably the most powerful politician in Illinois, has again lost to the Speaker of the State House of Representatives, after a federal judge tossed out his lawsuit alleging Madigan and his political allies violated his constitutional rights by conspiring to smear his name and undercut his campaign.
A woman is suing Where's the Duke? Inc., which does business as Joe's Bar; an alleged assailant, identified as Arturo Ramirez; and two individual concert promoters, identified as Octavio Segura and Jose Cortez, alleging various counts including violation of the Dram Shop Act, negligent security and negligence, after she was allegedly injured during a bar fight.
Even as lawsuits continue to pile on in Chicago federal courtrooms against colleges and universities over football-induced concussions, a new front in the legal scrimmage has opened, as plaintiffs have lined up to tackle youth football powerhouse Pop Warner over brain injuries allegedly suffered by young teen athletes.
After failing to defeat one of Illinois’ most powerful politicians at the ballot box, Jason Gonzales is trying his hand in a federal courtroom. Gonzales, a Chicago Democrat, filed a complaint Aug. 5 claiming he was defamed by Michael J. Madigan, the longtime speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives and the man who defeated Gonzales in a Democratic primary this spring, Madigan's allies and others to sabotage his candidacy.
Performer R. Kelly is suing the promoters of a music festival that took place last month in Canada, claiming they used his name to promote the event before he even signed an agreement and then continued to do so after they told him they didn’t plan to honor the $200,000 deal.
