U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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Judges: Asbestos plaintiff not harmed by ruling barring testimony from doctor over exposure theories
A federal appeals court in Chicago has refused to upend a jury’s verdict against a retired pipefitter, who had claimed Owens-Illinois and ExxonMobil should be held liable for his lung cancer because possible exposure to asbestos on work sites decades ago, and not a 30-year, pack-and-a-half-a-day cigarette smoking habit, had caused the illness. -
Class actions deleted vs Spokeo, Intelius, others over web search name 'keyword insertion' ad tricks
A federal judge has tossed a cluster of class action lawsuits launched against online personal information listing providers, including Spokeo, Intelius. InstantCheckmate and BeenVerified, saying a web search advertising technique didn’t violate plaintiffs’ rights to control the use of their identity simply by using a person's name in an ad designed to steer people to their online people search products. -
Jackson Towers Condominium Association Inc. accused of failing to pay monthly contribution
Two labor groups are suing Jackson Towers Condominium Association Inc. for alleged breach of contract. -
Clarins U.S.A. Inc. accused of misleading consumers over skin cream benefits
A woman has filed a class action lawsuit against Clarins U.S.A. Inc. for allegedly misleadingly marketing a skin cream. -
Redbox Automated Retail LLC, Outerwall Inc. accused of age discrimination
A former employee is suing Redbox Automated Retail LLC and Coinstar LLC, which is now known as Outerwall Inc., for alleged age discrimination and wrongful termination. -
Judge: Lawyers' objections to rival attorneys' $24M fee request merely cash grab, not worth $59K fees
While a Texas lawyer and his client say their efforts helped reduce other attorneys’ multi-million dollar payday under a $56 million class action settlement deal, a federal judge has rejected their attempts to grab a $59,000 share of that settlement, saying their efforts were redundant and produced nothing but an opportunity for them to grab some quick cash. -
Lawsuit: Sears website inaccessible to the blind, violates ADA
A woman is suing Sears for allegedly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act, for operating a website that is allegedly inaccessible to the blind and visually impaired. -
Monroe Clinic Inc., doctor accused of failing to remove malignant tumor
A married couple is suing the Monroe Clinic Inc. and doctor Joseph Ehle, asking the court to award at least $2 million for alleged failure to remove a cancerous growth. -
Lambent Risk Management Services Inc. allegedly failed to pay overtime wages
An employee is suing Lambent Risk Management Services Inc., citing alleged unpaid wages and violations of minimum wage laws. -
Federal judge grates Parmesan cheese class actions, pans deceptive marketing claims
A federal judge in Chicago has shredded, for now, a block of class action lawsuits that piled up last year against Kraft, Walmart, Target, the parent company of Jewel Food Stores and others over the contents of their grated Parmesan cheese, saying he did not believe the plaintiffs could prevail in asserting the containers of “100 percent” cheese were deceptively marketed. -
Willowbrook woman assaulted, stabbed by home invader sues Kwikset, Home Depot over failed lock
A woman attacked in her Willowbrook home in 2015 is trying to hold responsible the companies that made and sold the lock on the door the assailant broke through to gain entry. -
Judge: Not enough proof tying suburban Palestinian groups to Hamas to enforce $156M judgment
A Chicago federal judge has tossed a lawsuit against suburban Palestinian aid groups, which alleged the groups were disguised versions of defunct Hamas support organizations that owed a $156 million judgment to a couple whose son was killed by Hamas in a terrorist attack in Israel, saying there was not enough evidence to show the new groups were alter egos of the old ones. -
Class action: Logitech sold defective video monitoring security systems, deceived customers
Logitech faces a class action complaint from an Illinois resident who says the company’s old home video security system was defective and that it took several steps to keep customers from making warranty claims. -
Appeals panel: Volvo's full refund offer doesn't negate class action over hybrid SUV's mileage marketing
A Chicago federal appellate court breathed new life into a lawsuit against Volvo, saying an offer by the automaker to pay one customer a full refund doesn’t garage the class action complaint. -
Judge: IL law doesn't force Zillow to get appraisers' license to publish online home value 'zestimates'
Saying the plaintiffs are asking the court to misread and misapply an Illinois state law, a Chicago federal judge has crashed a class action lawsuit against Zillow, which had accused the operators of the real estate website of essentially appraising property without a license, and then using their online home value estimate tool as a marketing ploy to drive business by hampering home sellers’ efforts to sell their home for what they believe it should be worth. -
Federal judge says ERISA claim doesn't eclipse ex-VP's state wage law claims vs BMO Harris
A federal judge has kicked a wage dispute class action between a retired bank executive and BMO Harris Bank back to Cook County court, saying the executive's claim he had been shorted retirement benefits as owed under federal law did not legally eclipse his state law claims that the bank had misclassified him as an independent contractor while he worked for BMO post-retirement. -
Appeals court shears class action vs Regency beauty school, says students not employees under FLSA
A Chicago federal appellate court has scalped a class-action lawsuit filed by a onetime student of a nationwide beauty school, which alleged student cosmetologists should be paid for on-the-job training, as the hands-on work experience serves as compensation and is required for licensing. -
Rush orders up $18M+ fraud lawsuit vs vendor that installed allegedly defective patient monitoring system
Rush University Medical System said it spent four years installing an $18 million patient monitoring system that doesn’t work and is taking the issue to federal court, accusing the system’s developer of fraud and demanding they pay tens of millions of dollars for the trouble. -
Judge: Pet adopters can't bring class action vs pet health insurer over 'robocalls'
Saying he understands many of his colleagues have ruled differently, a federal judge in Chicago has denied an attempt by a group of pet adopters to turn their legal beef into a class action against a pet health insurance provider, saying the company did not “harm” the new pet owners by calling to urge them to take advantage of a “gift” of 30-day free health insurance for their new pet, which the new owners had been told was included with the adoption of their animal. -
Retired flight attendants cleared to continue suing American Airlines over change to boarding status perk
A group of American Airlines retirees will be able to continue their lawsuit against the company over changes to their priority boarding status, which they claim was guaranteed to them as a retirement benefit.