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Physician Alleges Race Discrimination Against Major Healthcare Provider
Dr.JudithCothransasuedAdvocateHealthcareforallegedracdiscriminationandretaliationdetailingaseriesofincidentsinvolvingunjustifieddisciplinaryactionsandharassment.ThelawsuitalsonamesDr.RichardF.MultackandNurseKlarissaBrunsonasdefendants.Dr.Cothrani seekingreinstatementandcompensatorydamagesamongotherrelief. -
Independent Administrator Sues Medical Providers Over Alleged Misdiagnosis Leading to Teen's Death
An Illinois appellate court has granted a new trial in a medical negligence case where Lolita McCaley sued several healthcare providers over her daughter Marshana's death following alleged misdiagnosis of a blood clot condition. The ruling comes after procedural errors were identified regarding barred rebuttal testimony critical to countering defense arguments. -
Plaintiff alleges Medical Negligence Against Healthcare Providers
In a case involving allegations of medical negligence leading to wrongful death, the plaintiff seeks justice after being barred from presenting crucial rebuttal evidence during trial. -
Finance Executive Alleges Discrimination by Non-Profit Employer
Wanda Ho has filed a lawsuit against Mary Crane League alleging racial discrimination and retaliation after being denied salary increases while non-Asian colleagues received them. The case highlights alleged violations under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. -
IL to get $29M from $700M J&J talc settlement deal with states
The settlement will end legal actions launched by 43 states accusing Johnson & Johnson of allegedly misleading consumers about the safety of its talc baby powder and body powder products. The company has denied its products cause cancer, as other plaintiffs have claimed in thousands of other lawsuits -
Delfina Marcano sues Retirement Board of Trustees of the City of Harvey Police Pension Board for termination of disability pension
In the case of Delfina Marcano vs. Retirement Board of Trustees of the City of Harvey Police Pension Board, filed in the Appellate Court of Illinois, First Judicial District (case ID: 1-23-0579), a ruling was made on March 29, 2024. -
Auto collision lawsuit accuses driver of running red light at intersection of Division Street and Homan in Chicago
CHICAGO – A woman has filed a negligence lawsuit, claiming that she was injured when a driver ran a red light at the intersection of Division Street and Homan in Chicago and collided with her vehicle. -
Lawsuit: Ex-IDFPR worker claims was fired for seeking investigation into ALJ's alleged race discrimination
A former employee at an Illinois state business regulatory agency says he was fired and blackballed allegedly after recommending one of the agency's top administrative law judges be investigated for racial discrimination, a new lawsuit says. -
The Best Way Out Is Through: Compliance Challenges and Fidelity to Mission When Responding to Sexual Abuse Crises on October 4, 2023
Gina Maisto Smith will present at the SCCE 22nd Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute. Gina will be joined by Catherine Suvari, assistant attorney general for New York. -
Settlement ends court fight over claims River North landlord kicked out journalist to retaliate for news stories
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 -
Appeals panel agrees insurer must help cover Astellas' $100M fraud, kickback settlement with DOJ
Federal Insurance had argued its policy shouldn't cover restitution payments -
Attorney General Raoul Asks Court to Require Tiktok to Comply With Investigation
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 46 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief on Monday asking a court to order social media company TikTok, Inc. to fully comply with an ongoing national investigation into whether the company violated consumer protection laws. -
Is IL's new gun ban law constitutional? Tough legal challenges loom, will turn on key 2nd Amend questions
Lawsuits will turn on the question of whether Illinois' lawmakers and Gov. Pritzker have violated the Constitution by banning a long list of firearms and accessories. The cases may go all the way to the Supreme Court -
Google Photos settlement payments delayed; Judge to rule on objections to added ID requirements
Without action from the court, claims from class members could be "denied solely because they do not check their spam folder on Thanksgiving," wrote an objector in a new motion that has put the settlement on hold -
Cozen O’Connor attorney Christina Sanfelippo elected board of directors chair for IWIRC’s Chicago Network
Christina Sanfelippo, an associate in Cozen O’Connor’s Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring Practice, has been elected chair of the board of directors for the Chicago Network of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) for 2023 and 2024 -
Affirmative Action: The Possible K-12 Impacts of the Supreme Court Cases Involving Harvard and UNC on November 28, 2022
Join Husch Blackwell and the Council of the Great City Schools for a discussion on Supreme Court cases Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina. -
IL High Court says CTA not liable for death of trespasser in subway tunnel because trains 'obvious danger'
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled the CTA doesn't owe money to family of man killed by subway train, because he was trespassing and should have known trains posed danger. -
Lawyers seek $40M in fees from Google Photos face scans settlement
Google has agreed to pay $100 million to end a sprawling class action under Illinois' biometrics privacy law, bringing about $200-$400 each to an estimated 280,000 Illinois residents. The lawyers who led the lawsuit want 40% of the settlement -
U.S. News & World Report - Best Lawyers Rankings 2023
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Appeals panel: Family can sue Abbott over birth defects from drug, despite seeming contradictory claims vs doctors
Couple now suing Abbott Laboratories already won $18.5M jury verdict against doctors who prescribed the anticonvulsant Depakote