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Judge shreds class action vs Safespeed, IL govt officials over red light camera bribes, because plaintiffs ran red lights
A federal judge says bribes that led to the installation of red light cameras in Chicago's southwest suburbs don't entitle motorists to $100 million in refunds, because the motorists actually committed the traffic offenses that prompted the $100 red light camera tickets. -
Sandoval attorney wants deceased state senator's name nixed from SW suburb red light camera class action
An attorney for the late former state Sen. Martin Sandoval says the convicted politician should be dropped from a corruption class action over suburban red light cameras, saying the plaintiffs didn't swap Sandoval's estate for the deceased senator soon enough. -
ComEd says Madigan bribery-rate hike class actions should be tossed, because state regulators OK'd higher rates
ComEd is telling a judge he should pull the plug on multimillion-dollar class action suits, which allege ComEd bribed state Democratic figures to jack up electric rates, because the rates were authorized by the Illinois Commerce Commission. -
Oakbrook Terrace, ex-mayor Ragucci, other defendants seek to toss class action alleging red light camera bribes
Oakbrook Terrace village and its ex-mayor Tony Ragucci, who was found with $60,000 in cash in his home by the FBI, wants suit tossed, which alleges Oakbrook Terrace officials schemed to install red light cameras for fines, not safety. -
ComEd hit with class action lawsuits over its role in alleged Madigan bribery, patronage hiring scheme
Northern Illinois' largest electrical utility was hit with two class action lawsuits, demanding it repay its customers perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars for allegedly using a bribery scheme to curry favor with Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to pass laws that allowed it to rack up hundreds of millions of dollars, or more, in profit, since at least 2011. -
Class action: Motorists owed $100M+ refunds for red light cameras in SW suburbs boosted by racketeering, bribes
A new class action asks a federal judge to order the refund of potentially more than $100 million in fines generated from a network of red light cameras in Chicago’s southwest suburbs, which were allegedly installed as a result of a racketeering conspiracy built on bribes and grift.