News from August 2015
Cook County landlord accuses tenant, others of assault
A Cook County woman is suing a tenant and others, alleging two instances of assault and battery, one of which resulted in her being shot.
Unidentified Cook County man blames teacher, Chicago school board for child molestation
An unidentified Cook County man is suing a Chicago teacher and the city board of education, alleging negligence in a child molestation case.
Husband alleges medical negligence in wife's death at St. Bernard Hospital
A Cook County man is suing three doctors and a hospital, alleging wrongful death in his wife's passing.
Cook County mother blames hospital, doctors for daughter's brain damage
A Cook County woman is suing her doctors, a nurse and the hospital where she gave birth, alleging negligence related to her daughter’s birth injuries.
Son alleges wrongful death in mother's nursing home treatment
A Cook County man is suing a nursing home under the Illinois Wrongful Death Act in a dispute surrounding his mother’s death.
Couple sue medical practice over scarring, disfigurement claims
A Cook County woman and her husband are suing a medical practice for alleged negligence after she was cut by an X-ray table.
Woodstock tenant sues landlord, alleging negligence for injuries after blizzard
A Woodstock woman is suing her landlord, alleging it failed to maintain safe conditions on the property’s walkway and parking lot after a snowstorm.
Medical marijuana executive withdraws suit vs Chicago law firm over bungled deal, tax liability
A lawsuit brought by a Prospect Heights developer and entrepreneur in Cook County Circuit Court, claiming his financial interest in a medical marijuana consulting company may go to pot because a Loop law firm allegedly bungled a merger between the marijuana company and two other corporations, has been dismissed. The judge entered an order accepting Baroud's motion for voluntary dismissal Dec. 14.
Cook County man sues Ultra Foods, alleging store negligence
A Cook County man is suing over claims he was injured in the aisles at an Ultra Foods grocery store.
Cook County woman suing Bloomingdale's for alleged malicious behavior
A Cook County woman is suing over claims of malicious behavior and eventual wrongful prosecution against Bloomingdale's department store.
Appellate court says judge erred in blocking man from retrieving his equipment from foreclosed shop
An appellate panel has restored a Lake County man’s right to access expensive professional equipment inside a building he lost to foreclosure.
Family accues Jackson Park doctor of negligence in patient’s death
A Cook County woman is suing a doctor, his medical practice and a hospital, alleging her relative’s caregivers failed to administer the proper medication, resulting in her death.
Patient blames Wright Medical, distributor for faulty joint replacement
A Kankakee County man is suing a medical supply company, alleging it manufactured a defective replacement joint implanted in his hip.
Judge: 'Ample doubt' sheriff's letters prompted credit companies to cut ties with Backpage.com over 'seedy offerings'
A federal judge has declined to slap an injunction on the efforts of Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart to pinch funding to the country’s second largest online classified advertising site, saying the sheriff’s efforts to date to persuade credit card companies to sever business ties with Backpage.com do not cross the line into making illegal threats, meaning Dart is within his constitutional rights and authority to continue advocating against what he sees as Backpage’s promotion of prostitution.
Son sues doctors, alleging wrongful death, misdiagnosis with mother's breast cancer
A Cook County man is suing a medical practice and four doctors, alleging his mother was misdiagnosed and subsequently died from breast cancer.
Suit accuses Crestwood nursing facility of neglect in diabetic woman’s death
A Cook County woman is suing a number of health care providers, alleging negligence in failing to monitor her mother’s diabetes, leading to her death.
FLSA Rising: Ever-shifting wage, hour standards promise to keep employers, lawyers struggling to keep up with law
The increase of wage and hour lawsuits being filed in Chicago federal courts in the last 25 years is reflective of a national trend. And with two new notifications from the U.S. Department of Labor regarding revised Fair Labor Standards Act regulations and an updated interpretation of worker classification, area litigators not only expect to see FLSA suits on the rise again, but to see businesses overhaul their structures.
Appellate panel: Cook County can tax Rivers Casino's slot machines, other video gambling terminals
The operators of Rivers Casino were dealt a blow last week when a state appellate court overturned a Cook County judge’s decision vacating Cook County’s video gaming tax. Midwest Gaming and Entertainment, which operates the Des Plaines casino, had sought relief from Cook County’s tax on video gambling machines, prevailing upon Cook County Circuit Court Judge Robert Lopez Cepero to find the county tax ordinance was preempted by the state’s Riverboat Gambling Act.
Cook County woman blames motorist for husband's death
The wife of a deceased Cook County man is suing a driver, alleging wrongful death when she says the driver struck her husband, causing serious injuries resulting in his death.
Woman sues Dollar Tree over injuries after allegedly slipping on floor
A woman is suing over claims that she was injured in the aisles of a certain Dollar Tree store.