News from May 2015
Chicago woman sues over parking lot stumble at Morton Grove Aldi
A Chicago woman filed suit against Aldi and the property manager its Morton Grove store for alleged negligence in an incident in a shopping center parking lot.
Purported puddle in produce aisle prompts patron to sue Jewel
A woman is suing Jewel Foods, alleging negligence in a 2013 incident.
Database provides insight into how much asbestos claims are worth
CooneyA recently unsealed database showing the awards of hundreds of claimants from bankruptcy trusts and non-trust entities provides a glimpse of the staggering amount of money generated by the business of asbestos.Cook County asbestos claimants listed in the database and represented by the firm of Cooney & Conway, for instance, each have received on average almost $1.68 million, according to
Federal judge: Cook County OK to prohibit sales of animals from 'inhumane' 'puppy mills'
Cook County’s so-called “puppy mill” ordinance has cleared a judicial hurdle, as a federal judge brushed aside a legal challenge from pet store owners and a large association of out-of-state pet breeders, declaring the county was within its rights to seek to restrict the sources from which local pet shops obtain the dogs and other animals they sell.
Taxi lender: Capital One 'destroyed' lending, resale market for Chicago taxi medallions
Accusing the lender of choosing sides in the turf war between Uber and Chicago’s taxi drivers, a business specializing in making loans to help taxi drivers acquire or keep their medallions has sued Capital One for allegedly breaking its contract and, in the process, effectively gutting the market for such loans in Chicago and slashing the resale value of the medallions.
Woman alleges Walgreens liable for son's narcotics overdose, her attempted suicide
A woman who allegedly was prescribed excessive amounts of narcotics has sued the pharmacies and pharmacists who she claims made it so easy for her son to overdose and for her to try to kill herself a day later.
Woman says wind-blown umbrella at Brookfield Zoo injured her, sues zoo
A woman is suing Brookfield Zoo, claiming she was injured after being struck by a picnic table umbrella while visiting the zoo in 2013.
Plastic in the pepperoni: Food flavor makers Griffith Labs, Innova sue India-based supplier over product contamination
An Illinois-based food manufacturer has brought suit against two India-based companies it alleges are responsible for contaminating certain seasonings used to make pepperoni with bits of plastic.
RR Donnelley lawsuit: Martha Stewart Living should pay $7.7 million for broken printing deal
Chicago-based printer R.R. Donnelley & Sons has sued the publisher of several of Martha Stewart’s magazines, alleging Stewart’s media company violated the term of its printing deal with Donnelley, costing the printer more than $7 million.Donnelley brought the action on May 19 in Cook County Circuit Court against the New York-based Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO), a conglomerate overseeing
