John Z. Lee
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Appeals panel: DuPage SWAT officer injured in training exercise can keep $7.5M from trial vs tactical gear maker
Safariland failed to convince 7th Circuit judges it deserved a new trial or to pay less to deputy injured in training exercise involving Safariland's 'breaching rounds,' which are designed to destroy door locks, knobs and other metal hardware -
Lawyer for Chicago city workers: Courts must address overreach in Lightfoot, Pritzker job or jab COVID vax mandates
In an appellate brief, the workers argued their rights to privacy and bodily autonomy to refuse a vaccine of questionable effectiveness, should be upheld under the same reasoning used by the U.S. Supreme Court to declare a constiutional right to abortion. -
Judge again says city workers can't get an order to block city of Chicago, Illinois state vax employment mandates
A federal judge said the scientific evidence presented by the plaintiffs in support of natural immunity from COVID only demonstrates there is a scientific debate over vaccines and immunity, not that the government policies are irrational infringements on workers' rights -
Judge says Chicago city workers have no constitutional right to spurn vaccinations
A federal judge has explained he recently refused to block the governor and Chicago mayor from forcing COVID-19 vaccinations upon city workers, saying the workers' evidence against the value of vaccines was "slim" and the city's evidence in favor was "substantial." -
Feds seeking plea deal with ex-Cook County debt collector, indicted for alleged bribes paid to former Cook Circuit Clerk Brown
In a recent filing, prosecutors indicated they had initiated plea deal talks with lawers for Penn Credit and its CEO Donald Donagher -
Seventh Circuit: Pritzker's COVID orders don't 'show hostility toward religion'
A federal appeals panel has denied two churches' request for an order halting enforcement of Pritzker's religious meeting restrictions while their appeal was heard. -
Judge: Pritzker OK to bar churches from assembling, worshiping together during COVID-19 pandemic emergency
Two churches are appealing federal judge's ruling, in which judge called their decision to hold worship services in defiance of the governor "ill-founded and selfish." -
IL Supreme Court nixes Pritzker bid for order to end legal challenges to emergency powers
The Supreme Court's decision comes after Pritzker secured a win vs legal challenge in Cook County court -
Suit: Chicago Teachers Union violates members' rights, forces them to keep paying dues, despite leaving union
A pair of teachers are suing the Chicago Teachers Union and the Chicago Board of Education for allegedly breaching teachers' freedom of speech, by deducting union dues to subsidize the union's political positions without members' consent. -
Churches sue Pritzker, say governor's treatment of churches amid COVID-19 an unconstitutional 'sham'
The lawsuit asks for injunctions barring Gov. JB Pritzker from restricting worship services, because the governor's orders violate the Constitution. -
Springfield federal judge avoids question of whether Pritzker's stay home order is constitutional
Judge refused to let a pro-marijuana group skip signature rules to put a referendum on the ballot in Decatur, but did not address questions raised in Macon County Clerk's brief that Pritzker's COVID-19 powers may be illegal. -
Pritzker pushes Supreme Court for order authorizing his stay home order, other COVID-19 rules
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says the state's high court should ignore State Rep. Darren Bailey's attempt to "manipulate" the court, and issue an order explicitly stating the governor can exercise nearly open-ended emergency power during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Church says will appeal federal judge's ruling that Pritzker's executive orders vs churches are constitutional
The judge said Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's orders don't directly target religious congregations, so they pass constitutional muster. He also rejected comparisons of churches to big-box retailers. -
SEC dropped from U of Florida football player's concussion class action vs NCAA
Federal judge determines SEC can't be sued in Indiana. -
Family of college football player who committed suicide can continue concussion lawsuit vs NCAA, MIAA
Complaint says former linebacker, who shot himself in 2014, suffered more than 100 concussions playing football at Pittsburg State University in Kansas. -
Federal judge: Walgreens can't escape woman's Cook County lawsuit saying retailer caused cancer by selling her cigarettes
A woman will be allowed to sue Walgreens for selling her cigarettes in Cook County Circuit Court after a federal judge refused to kick the pharmacy retailer off her lawsuit, dooming the chance to keep the lawsuit in federal court, where a group of tobacco companies wished for it to stay. -
Judge: Fired female instructor's discrimination suit vs Moody barred by religious liberty questions
A federal judge has tossed discrimination claims brought by a fired female instructor at Moody Bible Institute, as the judge ruled the lawsuit was barred by Supreme Court decisions mostly shielding churches and religious schools from discrimination laws. -
Judge: Metra cops can be sued for arrest of man who plugged devices in at Ogilvie station food court
A man arrested by Metra Police at Chicago's Ogilvie Transportation in an incident that began with a disagreement over where he could plug in his electronic devices can continue his action for false arrest, a Chicago federal judge has ruled. -
Judge OKs preliminary deal to end lawsuit vs American Bank & Trust over loan officers pay
CHICAGO – A federal judge has granted preliminary approval of a $5 million settlement involving American Bank & Trust and loan officers who sued over disputed wages. -
Judge: Evanston's 'actions speak louder than words'; Lack of action dooms pollution suit vs Nicor, ComEd
A Chicago federal judge has refused to allow the city of Evanston to continue with a three-year-old lawsuit demanding Nicor and ComEd be forced to pay to clean up water pollution and replace sections of city water main because the city asserted the utilities' predecessors operated a long-shuttered gas manufacturing plant near the north suburb.