News from June 2014
Woman accuses nursing home of negligence in father's death
The daughter of a man who died is suing a nursing home she claims was negligent.
Man files premises liability suit after ceiling tiles allegedly fell on his head
A Cook County man is suing a real estate company and others over claims ceiling tiles in his apartment fell on his head.
Man files suit against Fairmont Hotel over New Year's Eve fall
A guest of a Chicago hotel is suing over claims he slipped and fell on ice and snow at the facility on New Year’s Eve.
Two men sue Cosmopolitan National Bank of Chicago, others over staircase fall
Cosmopolitan National Bank of Chicago and others are being sued by two men who assert they were injured when a staircase railing broke.
Transit worker lodges suit against manufacturer of scaffold he alleges collapsed
A man is suing a scaffold manufacturer, claiming he sustained injuries using its product while working for the Chicago Transit Authority.
Mother of minor searched at Walgreen's sues; claims incident resulted in PTSD
A Cook County woman is suing over claims her daughter is being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder after being accused of shoplifting at a Walgreen's store.
Kraft lodges suit over bird remains allegedly found in sugar delivery to Champaign, Ill. facility
One of the country's largest packaged food companies suing its sugar suppliers, claiming it found a dead bird in a 2012 shipment that forced it to destroy more than 146,000 cases of finished product and lose more than $1.6 million.
Mississippi patent infringement battle over video gambling machines makes its way to Chicago
A Chicago-based maker of casino video gambling machines has secured the chance to fend off a patent infringement lawsuit a little closer to home while some of the country’s most prominent casino operators await their turn to mount a defense pending resolution of the case brought by a manufacturer of gaming machine components.On May 28, at the direction of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit,
Man accuses Metra employee of walking into him, causing hip injry
A Fox Lake man is suing over allegations he was injured by the negligence of a Metra employee.