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Judge: U of Chicago Medical Center didn't act as state agent when it reported parents to DCFS for refusing shots for newborns
A judge has removed University of Chicago Medical Center from a civil rights suit filed by parents, who alleged the hospital turned them in to state child neglect investigators for refusing legally required shots for their newborns, finding the hospital did so on its own, without authority. -
Above the Law: Amendment 1 would let government unions void over 350 Illinois laws
While billed as a "workers rights amendment," Amendment 1 - which will be on the ballot this fall in Illinois - would give unions the power to use collective bargaining to override a wide range of state laws that apply to everyone else, says the Illinois Policy Institute -
Judge won't end class action alleging abuse of hospitalized children in DCFS care at Aurora Chicago Lakeshore Hospital
Amended complaint targets president/CEO of hospital network Signature -
Gov. Pritzker Takes Bill Action on December 17, 2021
Gov. Pritzker Takes Bill Action on December 17, 2021. -
Split IL Supreme Court says criminal justice rules can decide conflict of interest in juvenile custody cases
A divided Illinois Supreme Court has ruled there was no conflict of interest for a Joliet lawyer who was a court-appointed guardian for a child, then later represented the child's mother against neglect allegations, saying rules covering conflict of interest in criminal matters apply to Juvenile Court Act cases. -
Lawsuits alleging abuse of hospitalized children in DCFS care at Aurora Chicago Lakeshore Hospital allowed to continue
Cook County Public Guardian alleged budget cuts created unsafe conditions, while DCFS workers covered up harm at Lakeshore -
Wife of House Speaker Welch among 246 Chicago area lawyers seeking to be appointed judge
Cook County's elected judges will ultimately select 10 people to appoint as associate judges in the county's court system. The list of candidates includes many from government agencies, and others with ties to politically powerful current and former elected officials. -
IL Inspector General's effort to block access to state hiring reports show IL not ready to lift feds oversight: Court filing
While Gov. JB Pritzker says the state is ready to emerge from federal court oversight of its hiring practices, a new court filing asserts efforts by the Office of the Executive Inspector General to impede court-appointed monitors from seeing certain state hiring reports says otherwise. -
Judge: Feds OK to end funding for Lakeshore psychiatric hospital accused of abuse; new abuse lawsuit also filed
Decision vacates injunction from one year ago -
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. -
Ex-Loyola Academy girls soccer coach sues school: 'False' accusations about 'inappropriate comments' ruined career
A former girls soccer coach at a North Shore Catholic high school has served his former employers with a defamation lawsuit, saying they ruined his coaching career and smeared his reputation based on allegedly false reports he had “verbally abused” and made “inappropriate comments” to the girls on his team at Loyola Academy. -
Class action: Union must refund millions in unconstitutional fees taken from non-union IL state workers
A group of non-union Illinois state employees say their union illegally forced them to continue paying fees to the union, even when the union knew the fees were likely to be declared unconstitutional. Now, those workers have asked a federal judge to order the union to refund the money. -
Cook County Public Guardian lawsuit says IL DCFS keeps kids detained in state psych facilities too long
The Cook County Public Guardian has filed a class action complaint against the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services over the agency’s treatment of children at state psychiatric facilities. -
Divided IL Supreme Court: Unconstitutional convictions can't be used to end parental rights
A deeply divided Illinois Supreme Court upheld an appellate court decision in favor of a convicted felon fighting the state’s use of his criminal history to terminate his parental rights. In a strongly worded dissension, three of the seven justices warned of judicial overreach and the unintended consequences of new precedent. -
African-American bar association questions lack of black candidates for Cook County sociate judge posts
The country's oldest association of African-American judges has decried the most recent selection of associate judges to the Cook County Circuit Court for lack of diversity, saying the lack of new black judges means the county's bench is moving away from resembling the community it serves. -
Cook County jury orders Lutheran social services agency to pay $45M for toddler allegedly murdered by mom
A Cook County jury has ordered a private, statewide provider of foster care and other social services to pay $45 million to the family of a toddler who authorities say was killed by his mother, as the jury found Lutheran Social Services of Illinois should be held responsible for sending the boy back to his mother with no further oversight or follow-up. -
Doctors accused of misdiagnosing child's skull condition, leading to children's removal from home by state
A couple is suing Dr. Randy Miles, Dr. Christina Zhang, Dr. Y.S. Hahn and Dr. Edward A. Michaels for alleged negligence in medically treating their child. -
IL DCFS misled teacher seeking to defend herself against state abuse findings, state high court says
The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld a Lake County judge's decision to clear the name of a local school teacher accused of abusing her own child, saying the lower court judge was correct to allow her to have her day in court to challenge a state agency's finding against her. -
Lawsuit alleges systematic hazing, mistreatment of athletes dating back decades at Lake Zurich H.S.
Alleging systematic hazing going back two decades, the families of two Lake Zurich High School football players filed a federal lawsuit Feb. 1 against the school, administrators and coaches. -
Woman alleges she was abused by Woodbine Elementary School teacher as student
A former Cicero School District 99 student alleges she was sexually abused by her kindergarten teacher more than a decade ago.