News from December 2015
Daughter accuses Lieberman Center health facility, doctor of negligence in death of mother
CHICAGO–A Cook County woman is suing a Skokie care facility and one of its doctors, alleging negligence in her 88-year-old mother’s death.
John Crane says Ford lawyers' asbestos sanctions motion a 'witch hunt' to advance 'implausible conspiracy theory'
A manufacturer named as a defendant in about 75,000 asbestos personal injury cases nationwide has pushed back against a request for sanctions from lawyers representing Ford Motor Company, who have accused their client of being a “shill” to prevent other defendants from transferring cases out of Cook County Circuit Court, saying Ford has no basis to support an “implausible conspiracy theory” serving as a pretense for the chance to fish for privileged information.
Chicago tenant, landlord settle lawsuit over alleged hidden camera
A tenant and landlord had settled the tenant's claims the landlord had installed a video camera in his room.
Daughter accuses father’s lawyer of failing to protect assets
CHICAGO–A Cook County woman is suing a lawyer, alleging the defendant allowed a friend of her elderly father to bilk him out of almost a half-million dollars.
Mastectomy patient accuses University of Chicago Medical Center of malpractice; case voluntarily dismissed by plaintiffs
CHICAGO–A patient is suing a Chicago medical facility, alleging surgical mistakes left her with injuries.
Daughter alleges International Nursing and Rehab guilty of father's wrongful death
CHICAGO–The daughter of an elderly man is suing the Chicago health facility where he lived, alleging negligence for fatal injuries she says he suffered during his residency.
Condo foreclosure doesn't eliminate new owners' obligations to pay past owners' association fees, IL Supreme Court says
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled unpaid condominium association assessments are not erased through foreclosure, unless the new owner forks over their first post-purchase assessment payment on time, otherwise they have to pick up the tab. The high court’s decision was delivered Dec. 3 by Justice Thomas Kilbride, with the rest of the court concurring.
Judge says commodities traders chose wrong target when suing CME over high frequency traders' market manipulation
A federal judge has ruled a group of commodity traders who felt they had been harmed by the manipulative activities of so-called “high frequency traders” had misplaced their grievance when they filed a complaint against the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The putative class action, represented by plaintiffs William Charles Braman, Mark Mendelson and John Simms, alleged the CME granted unfair advantages to certain classes of traders.
$2 million verdict vs debt collector stands after judge says collector took bad risk in ignoring FDIC loan mod deal
A debt collection company will not get a new trial or any reduction in a $2 million verdict it was ordered to pay to a woman who fended off a foreclosure action brought by the collector and who then sued the collector for improperly refusing to abide by a loan modification agreement the woman had negotiated with the FDIC before the collector purchased her debt.
Lawsuit vs Illinois State Police demands state homicide, killings data not reported to FBI since 1994
A Hoffman Estates lawyer who heads an online project designed to track how police report and solve murder cases in Illinois and nationwide says the Illinois State Police have withheld data from him and the public, and a judge should order them to turn over the information. On Dec. 3, attorney Thomas Hargrove, director of the Murder Accountability Project, filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court against the Illinois State Police.
Daughter accuses Alden-Wentworth of neglect in mother's death
CHICAGO–A Cook County woman is suing her mother’s nursing home, alleging it failed to prevent her from repeated falls.
Man’s choking death prompts neglect charge against Manor Care of Palos Heights
CHICAGO–The children of a nursing home resident who died from choking on food are suing a Palos Heights care facility, alleging neglect.
Patient accuses Women's HealthFirst, surgeon of malpractice over third-degree burn
CHICAGO–A Vernon Hills woman is suing health care providers, alleging medical negligence for a third-degree burn she suffered during a surgical procedure.
Husband blames Club Koncrete owners, deceased driver for accident that killed wife
CHICAGO–A Cook County man is suing the estate of his deceased friend and others, alleging wrongful in a fatal drunk-driving accident that killed his wife.
Mother blames Little Company of Mary for daughter’s tonsillectomy death
CHICAGO–A Cook County woman is suing an Evergreen Park hospital and several doctors and nurses, alleging a morphine overdoes caused her daughter to die while recovering from a tonsillectomy.
Husband alleges malpractice at Presence Medical Center caused wife’s death
CHICAGO – A Cook County man is suing Presence Resurrection Medical Center and several nurses and doctors, alleging malpractice after his wife died from complications during childbirth.
Husband blames Riverside Medical Center for wife's fatal misdiagnosis
CHICAGO – A Cook County is suing doctors at Riverside Medical Center, alleging they failed to properly treat his 30-year-old wife’s chest and back pains, leading to her death.
Chicago woman accuses Forest Edge of negligence
CHICAGO – A Cook County woman is suing a nursing home for allegedly providing her with inadequate mental health care.
Calumet City Fire Department blamed for woman's death
CHICAGO — The estate of a Calumet City woman is suing the community's fire department, alleging its emergency medical technicians' actions resulted in her death.
Couple alleges eye doctor's negligence to blame for visual impairment
CHICAGO — A Cook County couple is suing an ophthalmologist, alleging her negligence resulted in ongoing visual impairment for the wife.