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Class action vs legal directory Avvo to stay in Chicago federal court, after judge allows lead plaintiffs' swap

By Jonathan Bilyk | Thursday, May 26, 2016 @ 5:41pm

Faced with the possibility the class action lawsuit could be transferred to a court more than 2,000 miles away in the Pacific Northwest, the lawyers suing online attorney directory Avvo have swapped in a different Chicago attorney, who also is the son of a once-powerful Chicago alderman, to replace the original named plaintiff, whose history with Avvo could have triggered provisions in Avvo’s user agreement, which could have kicked the case to a federal court in Seattle.
Customer alleges slippery carpet at Orland Toyota caused injuries

By Robert Hadley | Monday, Dec 28, 2015 @ 1:35pm

CHICAGO – A Cook County woman is suing a Tinley Park car dealership after she says she slipped and fell on slippery carpet at the dealer.
After appeals court tosses $3.5 million verdict, auto crash victim sues insurer for $4 million for 'bad faith' suit against him

By Dana Herra | Thursday, Oct 8, 2015 @ 11:12pm

While a Cook County man awaits a new trial in a lawsuit he filed after being injured in an auto accident - and for which he had been awarded $3.5 million - he has filed a new suit against the insurance company defending the other driver, saying the insurance company sued him without cause and now owes him $4 million.

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