News from January 2015
Pizza place faces suit over trip and fall
A Tinley Park pizza restaurant faces a premises liability lawsuit after a patron allegedly tripped and fell on the restaurant's sidewalk.
Suit: City-owned street sweeper hits bicyclist on State Street
A bicyclist is suing the city over claims a city-owned street sweeper struck him.
Ill. Bible College Association sues over state regulation of degrees
A group of Illinois religious colleges is beseeching a higher power for the right to offer accredited degrees.
Stool collapse at Wow Bao leads to lawsuit
A Highland Park woman is suing a restaurant in the Loop over claims she sustained injuries when the stool she was sitting on collapsed.
Freeport dentist hit with suit accusing him of extracting patient's wrong tooth
SmolerA Shannon resident is suing a dentist she claims removed her wrong tooth during a procedure.Teresa Lutz filed suit Jan. 27 in the Cook County Circuit Court against Dr. Stephen Spyrison, who she went to on Jan. 29, 2013 for treatment of an infected tooth. According to the complaint, Spyrison performed a tooth extraction on Jan. 31, 2013, during which time Lutz alleges her wrong tooth was extracted
Man files suit alleging English Mastiff mauled him in park
TorradoA man is suing the owners of a dog he claims attacked him in a Near North Side park.Peter Harrison filed suit Jan. 27 against Stanley and Monique Friedman, the owners of a English Mastiff that apparently weighs more than 190 pounds.According to the complaint, the Friedmans walked their dog to Washington Square Park at 1901 N. Clark St. on Nov. 10, when they let the dog of its lease and it without
Berwyn residents sue city for letting local business demo homes for employee parking
A group of Berwyn residents filed a lawsuit Tuesday to try to stop the city from letting a bakery pave over residential property to put up a parking lot.Filed Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court, the lawsuit contends Berwyn violated its own ordinances when its city council approved Turano Bakery Co.'s request to demolish homes it purchased to create temporary parking for its employees.Turano Bakery
Chicago woman files class action suit alleging violations of city's landlord, tenant ordinance
A woman has filed a class action lawsuit that accuses a leasing company of violating the city's residential landlord and tenant ordinance.
Berwyn hospital, others hit with suit over man's death
A woman is suing a group of medical providers over claims their alleged malpractice led to her late husband’s death.
Appetizer sampler spurs suit against Buffalo Wild Wings, others
The owners of a popular wing joint in Calumet City are facing a lawsuit from a customer who claims she suffered injuries after being served an appetizer containing beans.
Seventh Circuit says despite concerns, lawsuits seeking billions over Holocaust must be heard in Hungary before U.S.
While acknowledging the difficulties descendants of those who died in the Holocaust might experience in asking their ancestral homeland to redress the myriad wrongs visited upon its Jewish population, a federal appeals court late last week ruled that Hungary, at least for now, is where those Holocaust survivors should press their claims against the central European nation’s central bank and national
CTA hit with complaint over passenger's slip on bus
The city's transit authority is being sued by a woman who alleges a wet floor caused her to slip and fall on a bus.
Man sues county over elevator door incident at Stroger Hospital
A man is suing the county, accusing it of failing to properly inspect a hospital elevator that allegedly injured him.