Judges said a woman can't claim State Farm deceived claimants, because the insurer revealed the existence of umbrella policies with higher payout limits when requested to do so by her lawyer.
A state appeals panel says a man won't get a new trial in his lawsuit against the Hyatt Regency hotel in Chicago, saying a Cook County jury was not wrong in finding him 100 percent responsible for the injuries he says he suffered when he tripped and fell over a missing floor tile covered by carpet.
A woman is suing Amita Health St. Alexius Medical Center, Midwest Emergency Associates LLC, Team Health LLC, Bryan M. Bluhm, M.D., and a nurse, alleging they did not do enough to stop her from jumping from a parking garage deck when she came to an emergency room seeking help for alcoholism and suicidal thoughts.
Overturning a $1.05 million jury award to the former assistant principal of a South Side Chicago school who claimed he was fired in retaliation for reporting a teacher’s alleged abuse of a student, an Illinois appeals panel on Tuesday ordered a new trial on damages under the state’s Whistleblower Act.In its 24-page opinion, the First District Appellate Court held that a new trial on the sole issue
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