News from September 2014
Grand Lux Cafe faces suit from woman who claims she suffered emotional distress
VrdolyakA woman is suing the Grand Lux Cafe over an incident she claims took place outside the restroom of the Chicago restaurant and involved a suspicious man.Vanessa Spilotro filed a lawsuit Aug. 29 in Cook County Circuit Court against Grand Lux Cafe and its owner, The Cheesecake Factory Inc.According to the complaint, Spilotro was at the defendants' restaurant on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago
School lunch provider seeks $50K from Legal Prep Charter Academies
A legal-themed charter school in Chicago is facing a lawsuit that accuses it of failing to pay its more than $50,000 tab for a school lunch program.
XSport member claims he fractured hip after slipping on suds spilling out of whirlpool
A man is suing the owner of a Niles fitness center, where he claims he was injured on the stairs of an overflowing whirlpool.
Attorney general's consumer fraud suit against Westwood College will proceed in federal court; judge rejects requests to dismiss, remand
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office will be allowed to continue to press its case against a for-profit college it claims deceived students into enrolling in programs that result in virtually worthless degrees and taking on large amounts of student debt to do so.However, Madigan's office must now litigate the suit in federal, rather than state court, after a federal judge earlier this month
Indicted tutoring company sues Chicago Public Schools for breach of contract
A company that was indicted for fraud earlier this year is suing the city's school system, claiming it has not paid for tutoring services provided.
Three pedestrians claim city tree slated for removal fell on them
Three people are suing over claims they were injured when part of a tree fell on them while walking on a public sidewalk.
City urges federal court to toss drug maker's motion to disqualify its lawyers from opioid lawsuit
SingerA pharmaceutical company’s motion to disqualify the law firm the City of Chicago hired to represent it in its opioid lawsuit “is baseless and should be denied,” attorneys for the city and its counsel asserted earlier this week.In a document filed Monday, these attorneys claim the Aug. 21 request from Purdue Pharma LP and two of its affiliates to disqualify Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll and
Festival-goers sue village after falling off golf cart at Taste of Melrose Park
A Cook County village is facing a lawsuit from two residents who claim they were injured after falling off a golf cart at a food festival last fall.
Suit: Infant fell after employee of Evanston childcare center left him unattended
A Cook County woman is suing over claims her infant son fell and sustained injuries after a daycare employee left him unattended.
Driver of horse-drawn carriage sues over collision that injured her and horse
A woman is suing over claims she was injured when a car struck her horse-drawn carriage.
