Park Ridge Republican lawyer Frank DiFranco has claimed Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough used then-novel Vote By Mail rules to cheat in counting votes to allow a Democrat and former Yarbrough staffer to eke out a win in the northwest suburban judicial race
Journalist Steven Dahlman had accused his ex-landlord of illegally refusing to renew his lease for a condo in Marina City because he had written articles critical of the business dealings of the husband of Marina City's condo association board president
A state appeals panel says a Cook County judge was wrong to allow a verdict against Alliance Shippers to stand when the evidence was clear the broker couldn't be considered the employer or agent of a truck driver who struck and severely injured a 17-year-old on the side of I-394 near Sauk Village
6-0 ruling by state high court declared the arbitration clause that would have governed claims by the woman does not apply to the same claims brought by her family, because the arbitration clause expired when the woman died.
In a 2-1 ruling, the judges ruled a man should be able to sue Airbnb despite holding a user account that included a mandatory arbitration clause, because the agreement only applies to the people directly renting a property during the time they rented
Justices agree depositions used by plaintiffs weren't admissible evidence, but majority said defendants failed to show how that would have changed the outcome of the trial
Ruling affirms Cook County judge's determination that Walgreens would need to first lose vs Blue Cross before it could try to force Prime Therapeutics to shoulder some of its potential liability in the case accusing Walgreens of allegedly committing fraud by allegedly boosting drug prices charged to Blue Cross
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, represented by IL A/G, can't use legal doctrine of 'sovereign immunity' to escape demand to pay therapist's legal bills in fight over state's wrongful order to present mental health care notes for doctor seeking to restart career
Chicago Recycling Coalition strikes out on attempts to force City Hall to produce documents from third-party waste haulers that should have been filed every year under a city ordinance
A state appeals court said the mother didn't present enough evidence to back her claims the incident in which a co-worker stabbed her son to death while working the drive thru late night shift was not work related
A Springfield appeals panel has called on Illinois' highest court to do more than just 'bluster' and follow through on threats to police state lawmakers who rely on prior leniency from the state Supreme Court to all but ignore constitutional rules governing how laws must be passed
A Cook County judge has ruled Chicago Public Schools' attempt to seize control at the successful, but controversy-plagued Urban Prep Academies charter high schools violated a state moratorium on public school closures until Chicago can elect and seat a new Board of Education in January 2025
Leaders at Urban Prep Academies are asking a Cook County judge to find CPS in contempt, because CPS is continuing with plans to take control at charter high school, despite appeals court's restraining order
An Illinois appeals court has ruled the city was within its rights to fire the truck driver for violating the law by posting a comment in 2020 to a union Facebook page, "warning" his coworkers, who allegedly were coming to work with Covid-like symptoms, that he would "take you all with me" if he became ill
Family members of Shanate Guy seek to defeat motion to dismiss their complaint, asserting Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans and Sheriff Tom Dart should be held responsible for allowing Guy's boyfriend to kill her, even though he was in the county's electronic monitoring program
Other courts have found differently, but the ruling marks the first time a state appeals court has directly answered the question of whether Illinois' law allowing plaintiffs to demand huge interest payments on top of potentially draconian verdicts, violates Illinois' state constitution
