CHICAGO — A Cook County woman has sued two Des Plaines dentists over allegations of medical malpractice, fraudulent concealment, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress.
He hasn’t been Illinois’ governor for more than a year, but some of Pat Quinn’s actions are still being weighed by Illinois’ courts. On Jan. 19, a state appellate court overturned the administrative decision of the Illinois Labor Relations Board to uphold Quinn’s exemption of certain Pollution Control Board employees from collective bargaining.
A property owner believes the state has wrongfully used Springfield’s ongoing budget dispute to improperly withhold payment on land the Illinois Department of Transportation seized for work on Route 59 in DuPage County, so the land owner has filed a class action to force Illinois to pay up to all others who have allegedly been similarly wronged. Naper Corner, successor entity to North Star Trust, filed suit Dec. 28 in Cook County Circuit Court.
The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to take up the question of whether U.S. Supreme Court precedent or that of the state’s highest court should hold serve when deciding whether a decision by the Greater Chicago Water Reclamation District to release flood waters and damage private homes in the process constitutes an illegal taking of property. It was one of six cases the state high court agreed to take on appeal.
The courts of Cook and Madison counties, as well as the state of Illinois, have again ranked very poorly in the eyes of business leaders, a survey says, hampering the state’s economic growth, reducing the state’s tax haul, and making it more difficult to pay Illinois’ bills and provide needed public services, according to Ill. Gov. Bruce Rauner and representatives of the nation's largest business association.
Karmeier KilbrideSaying it was unnecessary to address issues over the constitutionality of the state's Collection Agency Act, the Illinois Supreme Court on Friday returned a case "to square one" by voiding everything that came after the initial 2009 ruling in the matter.Justice Thomas L. Kilbride, however, disagreed with the majority's approach, saying it gives the plaintiff "a second bite at the
A Chicago physician will pay the United States and State of Illinois $3.79 million for taking kickbacks from two pharmaceutical companies in exchange for prescribing an anti-psychotic drug to his patients, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Friday.
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.
The state is suing the driver of a vehicle it claims hit an Illinois State Police patrol car parked on Interstate Highway 55, injuring the trooper sitting inside.
SchwartzIf two insurance companies get their way, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority will need to defend itself against a lawsuit brought by a girl whose neck was broken in 2008 while sledding on an embankment in Franklin Park.Ohio-based Scottsdale Indemnity Co. and Wisconsin-based National Casualty Co. filed a complaint for declaratory judgment May 28 in Chicago's federal court, seeking to
The Illinois Supreme Court will hear arguments later this month over a challenge to Chicago’s red light camera program.This case -- Elizabeth Keating et al. v. City of Chicago—is one of 13 slated for the court’s May term, the last one expected to take place in Chicago before arguments return to Springfield, where the court's building has been under renovation since last year. Arguments will be heard
A former attorney for the state who once volunteered for the campaigns of ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich and former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley could face suspension if the state high court agrees with the recent recommendation of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission Hearing Board.
The Illinois Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in a downstate personal injury suit stemming from an elderly woman’s fall over a public sidewalk known to be in a dangerous condition.
