News from August 2016
Man claims dialysis center did not monitor patient during treatment
CHICAGO – A suit claims that a dialysis center failed to monitor a patient while at the facility, contributing to her death.
Morton Grove care facility accused of negligence, wrongful death
CHICAGO – An estate administrator alleges his mother received inadequate care while residing at a Morton Grove long-term care facility, which contributed to her death.
Woman alleges she was treated by man who was not a licensed professional
CHICAGO – A woman alleges a health care center employed a man and represented him as a licensed health care professional when he was not.
Homebuyers allege they were not told about flooding issues before purchase
CHICAGO – A Chicago couple alleges the previous owner of their home knew the property had flooding issues and did not disclose it before the sale.
Suit filed against doctors, hospital claiming surgery complications caused woman's death
CHICAGO – An estate administrator alleges his mother died from complications from a hernia surgery.
Pink Monkey host says patron bit off ear, files suit for damages
CHICAGO – A front door host for a Chicago gentlemen's club alleges a patron struck him in the head and bit off his left ear.
Administrator files wrongful death suit against Generations at Oakton Pavillion
CHICAGO – An estate administrator claims a Des Plaines long-term nursing care facility did not provide proper care, allegedly causing a woman's death.
SEIU Chicago leadership deposed by national union; lawsuit vs Local 73 president still pending
Saying the governance of the union’s local organization had slipped into “crisis,” the Service Employees International Union has stepped in to depose the union’s existing leadership and appointing trustees to lead the Chicago-based Local 73 to end “incessant infighting,” exemplified in public in legal actions pending in Chicago courtrooms, and which show few signs of cooling down.
Judge tosses privacy action vs locker concession Smarte Carte, says no harm from storing fingerprints
Smarte Carte, one of America’s largest providers of rentable storage lockers at train stations, airports, amusement parks and other popular locations, has beaten back a privacy class action lawsuit, after a Chicago federal judge ruled the company didn’t violate a controversial Illinois biometric privacy law by storing, without explicit advanced consent, fingerprints used by patrons to open the lockers.
Illinois law aims to rein in unneeded local government travel costs
The state of Illinois has moved to rein in the spending of the state's local governments on employee travel - spending which some have criticized as wasteful of taxpayers' dollars.
Judge tosses Slovakian painter's sex discrimination suit vs Morton HS District, laments law can't apply
A male Slovakian painter who formerly worked at Morton East High School has failed in his bid to make the district and his former supervisors pay for failing to stop what a federal judge described as “appalling” harassment from his coworkers.
Lawyer doesn't need to cough up fees paid out of retirement account in divorce case, appeals panel says
A state appellate court reversed a Cook County judge’s ruling in a divorce case, saying the husband’s lawyer doesn’t have to turn his fees over to the wife’s attorneys in order to even out the financial playing field between the parties. The panel also said the courts can't order a spouse to open a retirement account to pay lawyers.
Customers allege Transit Nightclub security caused injuries
CHICAGO – Two nightclub patrons allege they were assaulted by bouncers.
Palos Community Hospital, others accused of wrongful death
CHICAGO – An estate administrator has filed a suit against several health care providers and medical centers alleging wrongful death.
Woman files suit against unknown individual over identity theft claims
CHICAGO – A Chicago woman currently attending college in Wisconsin alleges an unknown individual stole her identity and committed fraudulent acts.
Couple claims doctor did not diagnose cancer in timely manner
CHICAGO – A couple has filed suit against a doctor and several health care affiliates over allegations that breast cancer was not timely diagnosed.
Woman claims hose at Village Woods caused her to fall
CHICAGO – A Crete business is alleged to have created an unsafe condition that caused a woman to fall.
Class action says Adventist Midwest underpaid its home health care workers
A home health care worker has brought a potential class action lawsuit against Adventist Midwest Health, saying the health care system has underpaid him and other home health nurses, therapists and others by paying them per visit, without overtime and other compensation he claims they should have been required to pay under federal and state wage laws.
Administrator alleges woman died from pain medication overdose
CHICAGO – An estate administrator alleges his decedent died as a result of a toxic overdose of pain medication provided at a hospital.
APAC Centres for Pain Management patient alleges negligence caused injury
CHICAGO – A pain clinic patient has filed suit alleging she was injured because of the clinic's negligence.