News from 2014
NY judge says Chicago man cheated business partner out of $15M in sale of military logistics company
A U.S. veteran was denied more than $15 million when his former business partner, a Chicago man and fellow vet, sold their military logistics company shortly after he left the enterprise he founded a decade ago, a federal judge said this week.
Suit: Martial arts activity in gym class led to student's knee injury
A Chicago teen is suing her former South Side school and teacher for an injury she claims she sustained while engaging in a martial arts activity during physical education class.
Former nurse claims primary, secondary asbestos exposure caused mesothelioma
BarrettA former nurse is suing multiple companies over claims she developed mesothelioma as a result of her and her family's exposure to asbestos.Kathleen Hopfinger filed the lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court on Dec. 4 against A.W. Chesterton Co., Crane Co., Union Carbide Corp. and more than a dozen others.According to the complaint, Hopfinger was exposed unknowingly to asbestos containing products
Supreme Court sets briefing schedule in pension case; slates oral argument for March
The Illinois Supreme Court will hear arguments in March over the closely-watched challenge to the state’s pension reform law.In an order issued Wednesday, the court granted the state’s request to fast-track the consolidated case over an objection from opponents of the 2013 law that aimed to fix the state’s pension problems, but was deemed unconstitutional by a judge last month.The justices gave the
College student suing two men after alleged attack
A University of Illinois student is suing two men who allegedly attacked him.
Fees to file in Supreme, appellate courts will double Jan. 1
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Midwest Medical Records agrees to settle class action over copying fees; attorneys set to get $1M
A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Midwest Medical Records Association Inc.
BP seeks $167M from Italian company over equipment failure at Whiting, Ind. refinery
BP went to court last week to demand more than $167 million in damages from an Italian company responsible for installing equipment that apparently failed, spilling superheated diesel fuel and shutting down Canadian crude processing operations at Whiting, Ind., refinery for almost two months earlier this year.On Dec. 1, Naperville-based BP Products North America Inc. filed suit in Chicago's federal
Chicago lawyer faces malpractice suit over company's foreclosure case
A Cook County company is suing its former lawyer over claims he failed to properly defend it in a foreclosure suit.
