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IL Supreme Court denies Sterigenics plaintiffs' bid to slap hold on first trial over EtO emissions
Plaintiffs suing medical device sterilizer Sterigenics had sought to shut down the first trial over whether Sterigenics' emissions caused cancer, saying a Cook County judge had abused her discretion in rejecting their attempts to bring the cases to trial together, rather than individually -
Judge nixes bid by Sterigenics, other corporate defendants to avoid trial, risk of bigger payouts for EtO emissions
A Cook County judge denied requests from medical device sterilization company Sterigenics and other defendants, including Griffith Foods, for summary judgment as the first trial date approaches over claims the companies allowed emissions from a Willowbrook plant that allegedly caused cancer -
Sterigenics says shouldn't be allowed to be sued for emissions approved by state, federal agencies
State and federal agencies approved operations at a medical device sterilization facility in suburban Willowbrook, the company argues in documents again asking a court to dismiss lawsuits alleging the plant's emissions caused cancer. -
Yellow Cab bankruptcy trustee alleges company officials tried to foil suit judgment; officials vehemently deny
The attorney for the Chicago taxi company that succeeded Yellow Cab is accusing a federal bankruptcy trustee of falsely claiming company officials set up the company as a “sham vehicle to suck cash” from Yellow Cab and so keep the money from the plaintiff in a potentially expensive lawsuit against Yellow Cab. -
Warren Barr South Loop Nursing Home allegedly failed to prevent woman's fall, later death
A woman is suing Warren Barr South Loop Nursing Home and Legacy Healthcare Financial Services LLC for wrongful death and allegedly taking insufficient measures to prevent injuries. -
'Watchdogs' appeal DuPage judge's OK of lawsuit over reporting of alleged 'pay to play' for COD contract
Journalists who help chronicle corruption in Illinois governments have asked a state appeals court to step in, after a DuPage County judge refused to dismiss a $16 million defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who claims the men known as the Edgar County Watchdogs wrongly accused her of committing a crime when they wrote she engaged in “pay to play” and used an improper exemption to secure a no-bid contract from the College of DuPage – awarded the same day she joined the college’s fundraising fo