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Illinois Supreme Court says Richard Dent can't learn the IDs of people who accused him of sexual harassment, public drunkeness
Chicago Bears great pursuing defamation claims against people who said he harassed a woman and was drunk at corporate function -
Female sailor sues Shedd Aquarium for allegedly allowing sexist work environment aboard research vessel
The complaint asserts the sailor, who was the first and only female sailor to serve on the vessel, was subjected to a host of sexist and mysogynistic comments and a "gender-based double standard" aboard the Coral Reef II, which is operated by the Shedd Aquarium Society. -
Bears legend Dent wins new chance to sue people who accused him of harassment, cost him contracts
Appeals judges ruled a Cook County judge out of bounds in denying football hall of famer Richard Dent the chance to learn the identities of those who accused him of groping a woman and of public drunkeness. -
Amicus briefs touting, opposing Obama Center Jackson Park plan stoke court fight
With the fate of the legal challenge to the Obama Presidential Center's Jackson Park proposal at stake, scholars and others have field briefs, either lauding the benefits of the museum plan, or arguing the project demands more scrutiny, particularly given the cozy relationship between Obama and Chicago city officials, including Mayor Rahm Emanuel. -
City fights back vs effort to block Obama Center, says plan legally sound, will benefit Jackson Park
The city of Chicago is defending its plan to build the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park, against a court challenge, saying the group behind the challenge is on soggy legal ground in seeking an injunction by contending the park was once under Lake Michigan and so is protected from development. -
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IL high court says Chicago Park District off the hook for bicyclist's injuries on Lakefront Trail
The Illinois Supreme Court has tossed an appellate court decision in a suit, which claimed the Chicago Park District was liable for a bicyclist's injury on the city's Lakefront Trail, saying a Cook County judge was right to declare the district immune from liability, because the trail is a recreational pathway. -
Bicyclist wins new chance on appeal to sue Chicago Park Dist. for fall on Lakefront Trail
A bicyclist who injured himself in a Lakefront Trail fall will get another day in court in his complaint targeting the Chicago Park District for failing to fix a crack in the pavement he said caused his spill. -
Shedd says contractor should pay for $3 million repairs to faulty underwater gates at Oceanarium
The Shedd Aquarium has asked a judge to order the general contractor that oversaw the renovation of its Oceanarium to pay almost $3 million to cover the aquarium’s costs to replace underwater gates in the Oceanarium, which the aquarium said rusted because they were poorly constructed. -
City, park district say lawsuit challenging George Lucas museum site is "entirely meritless"
The dispute over the future location of the planned George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art continued this month, as the Chicago Park District and the City of Chicago separately moved to dismiss the lawsuit that seeks to prevent the museum from breaking ground in city's Museum Campus area. -
George Lucas museum faces lawsuit over planned lakefront location from Chicago parks group
An advocacy group for Chicago parks filed a federal lawsuit Thursday in an attempt to thwart plans for “Star Wars” filmmaker George Lucas’ museum to be located near the lakefront. -
Bicyclist files suit against city, park district over pothole on Lakefront Trail
A Cook County man is suing over claims he was injured when his bike became stuck in a pothole on a city-owned trail.Isaac Cohen filed a lawsuit May 21 in the Cook County Circuit Court against the City of Chicago and the Chicago Park District, citing negligence.According to the complaint, Cohen was riding his bike on Lakefront Trail between the Shedd Aquarium and South Lakeshore Drive on July 7, when