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  Patient claims hospital, others misdiagnosed ruptured knee tendon as sprain, despite weeks without improvement

  By Bree Gonzales | Monday, Feb 4, 2019 @ 11:10pm

  A patient is suing Amita Health Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center and others for allegedly incorrectly diagnosing his knee injury.

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  Appeals panel: School districts can't undo property tax settlements simply because they don't like the results

  By Scott Holland | Tuesday, Oct 27, 2015 @ 11:24am

  A divided state appeals panel has reinstated a settlement agreement which had ended a dispute over how much a number of Will County property taxpayers actually should have paid in 2010, with a majority on the court saying the school districts can't undo the deal simply because they didn't like the result. A three-justice panel of the Illinois Third District Appellate Court in Ottawa overturned the decision of Will County Circuit Judge Barbara N. Petrungaro.

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