Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Lake County
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Buffalo Grove LGBTQ activist says social media posts vs dance studio owner were mere opinion, not defamation
Legal dispute stems from June 2022 Facebook posts over transgender locker room access policy and alleged attempts by the activist to discourage people from doing business with the dance studio because the owner was allegedly "preaching non-affirmation" -
Defamation lawsuit: Buffalo Grove Pride activist smeared reputation, harmed business of dance teacher for 'anti-trans' views
The lawsuit centers on Facebook comments made by activist Carolyn Pinta against the owner of a dance studio in Buffalo Grove claiming the dance teacher's opinions "cause suicide" and calling on people to not enroll their children at the dance studio -
'Gerrymandering of the judiciary': New judicial maps drawn in Cook, collar counties, downstate
Democrats say the changes are needed to boost diversity on the bench. Republican critics say the changes are simply efforts by Democrats to boost their hold on power in the state's courts -
IL Supreme Court: Power plant developer can't sue employees accused of trying to 'usurp opportunities' for themselves
In 4-3 decision, narrow majority says the company didn't completely lose the opportunity to build power plants in Texas, so the company can't sue for the lost "opportunities." -
Woodman's inks $3M settlement to end class action over worker fingerprint scans
Woodman's supermarket workers could get up to $800 each from the deal. Lawyers could get more than $1 million from the settlement to end a class action under the Illinois Biometric Information Protection Act. -
Appeals panel says traffic concerns don't give Libertyville enough reasons to squash subdivision sought by Archdiocese
Archdiocese says Libertyville's rezoning denial suppressed its land value, thwarted sale to a developer -
Appeals panel: Pension Board OK to boost pension by $1.7M for widow of Buffalo Grove firefighter who died of cancer
Appeals panel rejected village of Buffalo Grove's effort to reduce award, saying the pension board and widow don't need to prove direct link between firefighting and the fatal cancer. -
IL Supreme Court: No actual harm needed to sue businesses for scanning fingerprints, other biometric IDs
The Illinois Supreme Court says an Illinois privacy law doesn’t require plaintiffs to prove they were actually harmed before suing businesses and others who scan and store their fingerprints or other so-called biometric identifiers. And the decision will give a green light to dozens of class action lawsuits already pending against businesses of all sizes in the state’s courts, with even more likely to follow. -
Appeals panel: State OK to fine attorney who acted as lawyer, real estate agent on same property sale
A state appeals court said a Lake County judge erred in overruling an Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation finding that a lawyer was wrong to act as both real estate agent and attorney in a single transaction. -
Appeals court says bicyclist gets another try to sue Lake Forest for slip on wet bridge
ELGIN – The case of a bicyclist injured while traversing a Lake Forest bridge about four years ago is on its way back to Lake County Circuit Court after a three-judge state appeals court panel unanimously ruled the lower court had improperly dismissed the litigation. -
Buffalo Grove: Pension board improperly awarded $1.7M+ enhanced pension to firefighter who died of colon cancer
The village of Buffalo Grove has taken its firefighter pension board to court, claiming the pension board didn’t require enough evidence that a deceased firefighter’s colon cancer was caused by the perils of his job before awarding an enhanced pension to his widow, costing the taxpayers $1.7 million. -
Appeals panel: HVAC worker, not RealUrban BBQ, liable for fall from ladder soaked by greasy water
A state appeals panel says a restaurant is not liable for injuries suffered by a man who, after fixing a restaurant's rooftop air conditioning unit, slipped on greasy water he purportedly had drained onto the roof, and fell from a ladder. -
Illinois appellate court rules FedEx shipping label does not prove foreclosure letter was sent
A state appeals court has ordered U.S. Bank to offer more proof it actually notified a couple of its intent to foreclose on their home mortgage, saying a FedEx shipping label is not enough to prove a lender actually sent the notices, as required under federal regulations. -
Divided appeals court says Lake County wrong to deny permit for homeless shelter in public building
A charity seeking to operate a new residence facility in Lake County for the chronically homeless have secured a win in their tussle with county officials over the project, after a divided state appellate panel sided with a trial court's decision to reverse a county board's decision to deny the Lake County PADS group's application to open a new site for its Safe Haven program in a vacant government building. -
IL DCFS misled teacher seeking to defend herself against state abuse findings, state high court says
The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld a Lake County judge's decision to clear the name of a local school teacher accused of abusing her own child, saying the lower court judge was correct to allow her to have her day in court to challenge a state agency's finding against her.