News from November 2015
Fair housing advocacy groups score settlement with Ryan Companies over senior apartments
A collection of organizations advocating for housing for those with disabilities has announced a settlement of their lawsuit against development group, the Ryan Companies, over claims the national developer of commercial and multi-family residential properties and its associated businesses failed to comply with the federal Fair Housing Act.
IL Atty Gen: Chinese employment agencies, buffets, exploited 'vulnerable, desperately poor' Latino workers
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has served a federal civil rights action against companies run by Chinese nationals who advertise they can provide “honest” and “sincere” Mexicans to work in Chinese buffet restaurants across the Midwest, saying the job placement agencies and the restaurant owners profited from placing “vulnerable and desperately poor Latino workers” in jobs at which they were routinely exploited, discriminated against, underpaid and housed in dingy conditions in return for
Judge: Federal law pre-empts state law claims in massive testosterone treatment lawsuit vs drug makers
A federal judge has dismissed the state law counts in a massive lawsuit against eight manufacturers of testosterone replacement therapy drugs, agreeing with the defendants that the claims are preempted by federal law.U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly ruled Monday in federal court in Chicago in the multi-district litigation involving more than 2,500 plaintiffs who have alleged they’ve suffered injuries from improper prescribing of the testosterone replacement drugs.
Former Illinois resident U.S. citizens, including vets, now living in Guam, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, sue for right to vote absentee
A group of American citizens and former Illinois residents, including several veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces, now living in Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and other U.S. territories, have challenged state and federal laws allowing citizens residing in certain U.S. territories the right to vote absentee in presidential and congressional elections, while denying that right to those residing in other territories, violates their rights.
23-year-old man's suicide prompts wrongful death suit against Park Ridge hospital
A Cook County man is suing Advocate General, alleging negligence and wrongful death in the mental health diagnosis of a 23-year-old man who eventually committed suicide.
Mother accuses Phoenix police of wrongful death in son’s auto accident
A Cook County woman is suing the village of Phoenix and several members of its police force, alleging they mishandled her son’s fatal car wreck and failed to investigate it properly.
Lawsuit challenges constitutionality of state law designating SEIU as representative of Illinois home caregivers, child care providers
Six Illinois child care providers and home caretakers displeased with being forced by state law to have the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) represent them have filed a federal lawsuit in Chicago asking the state to strike down the law and remove the SEIU as their union representative.
Divided state Supreme Court says condo owners can sue developers over leaky buildings 15 years after moving in
A group of Chicago condominium owners has been cleared to continue their lawsuit against a group of builders 15 years after the developers allegedly sold them a shoddy building under false pretenses, after the Illinois Supreme Court ruled 4-3 on Nov. 4 to revive their case and send it back to circuit court for more proceedings.
Daughter sues health service providers, alleging neglect in elderly mother's death
A Cook County woman is suing the nursing care providers of her 88-year-old mother, alleging neglect in treatment preceding her death.
Patient sues Advocate Health, alleging surgical error
A Cook County patient is suing a hospital and two doctors, alleging malpractice involving a hernia operation.
Waukegan mother sues Lurie Children's Hospital, alleges negligence in son’s treatment
A Waukegan woman is suing Lurie Children's Hospital and two doctors, alleging they neglected to perform routine tests that could have prevented her son from having a stroke.
Family of man who died after knee surgery awarded $8.25 million in hospital death suit
The family of a man who died after undergoing knee replacement surgery at Presence Saint Joseph Hospital in Chicago has been awarded $8.25 million dollars.
Software exec waited too long to sue finance pros over bad advice for $250 million investments resulting in huge tax bill
A software executive has said a group of investment bankers led him to put his money into a scheme frowned upon by federal tax collectors, but a state appellate court has found, like a trial court before them, that he ran out of time to sue his erstwhile financial advisers at Deutsche Bank and BDO.
State Supreme Court to tackle Chicago public pension reforms, questions of how much legal representation needed at administrative hearings
The Illinois Supreme Court is set to open its November term on Tuesday, Nov. 10. But many eyes throughout the state have already skipped ahead one week, when the court will hear arguments in a challenge to the city of Chicago’s pension reform measures and, in a separate case, over the question of whether non-lawyers can actually represent corporate entities in municipal administrative proceedings.
Daughter sues Kindred Hospital, alleging malpractice in treatment of mother
A Cook County woman is suing an Oak Park nursing facility and a Northlake hospital, alleging malpractice in their treatment of her mother.
Daughter accuses Lexington Health Care Center of neglect in father’s death
A Cook County woman is suing a Bloomingdale nursing home, alleging wrongful death in the passing of her 84-year-old father.
Patient accuses Chicago surgery center of malpractice during shoulder surgery
A Cook County woman is suing a doctor and a surgical center, alleging malpractice and negligence in her shoulder surgery.
Madison Street Capital settles lawsuit with former employees
A Chicago investment bank has settled a lawsuit it brought against several former employees, earning the blessing of a Cook County judge, who has dismissed the legal action.
Couple sues UC Medical Center, alleging malpractice in infant daughter’s injuries
A Cook County couple is suing the University of Chicago Medical Center doctors who delivered their infant daughter, alleging negligence that caused her to suffer permanent injuries.
Woman says Hollywood Reporter magazine falsely implicated her in report on 2014 Sony cyberattack
A resident of far south suburban Manhattan has brought a defamation action against the publisher of an entertainment magazine and two writers, saying she was improperly implicated in a magazine article as having played a role in the 2014 Sony computer hacking attack.