News from February 2016
Community Care Center allegedly to blame for man's hip infection
CHICAGO — A patient is suing a nursing care facility, citing alleged negligence that resulted in an injury.
A patient sues healthcare service provider
CHICAGO—A patient is suing a Chicago hospital, citing alleged negligence that resulted in an injury.
Dentist accused of negligence
CHICAGO — Calvin West and Monera Atia are suing a dentist, citing alleged negligence that resulted in an injury.
Toddler’s drowning death blamed on alleged negligence of homeowner, contractor
CHICAGO – A man is suing a property owner and contractor over negligence allegations in the alleged wrongful death of his 2-year-old grandson.
Son accuses Manorcare of negligence in death of mother
CHICAGO – A man is suing the nursing home where his late mother resided, Manorcare of Oak Lawn, in a dispute surrounding fatal injuries she allegedly suffered from staff mistreatment.
Deceased man’s nursing home injuries blamed on The Grove’s alleged negligence
CHICAGO – The administrator of the estate of a deceased nursing home patient is suing The Grove at the Lake for injuries the patient allegedly suffered while a resident.
Woman alleges slip and fall led to serious injuries at The Cheesecake Factory
CHICAGO – A woman is suing a local restaurant alleging she slipped and fell due to a substance that was on the floor, sustaining both internal and external injuries.
Interest rate swaps class action vs big banks could draw in 'tens of thousands' of public bodies with billions at stake
Two Mississippi and Alabama hospitals and the county that includes the cities of Biloxi and Gulfport, Miss., have squared off in Chicago federal court with many of the country’s biggest financial institutions over so-called interest rate swaps — an issue now impacting governments and other public bodies throughout the country, including Chicago’s public schools system.
Class action demands Chicago replace lead water lines, pay for residents' lead exposure monitoring
The city of Chicago could be forced to replace lead water pipes leading to homes throughout the city and pay for medical monitoring for lead exposure for a large number of Chicago residents should three city residents succeed in a class action lawsuit alleging the city failed to do enough to protect residents against lead contamination in their drinking water in the wake of city water line replacement projects.
Woman's suit alleges negligence in drug administration
CHICAGO — A Kane County woman is suing health-care providers, alleging that negligence caused her to fall and incur an injury.
Woman claims negligence in eye care
CHICAGO — A woman is suing an eye-care company, a hospital company, a surgical group and a doctor, alleging negligence that led to an injury.
Cancer patient sues over alleged failure to inform
CHICAGO — A Cook County woman is suing a doctor, a health-care services company and a hospital over allegations that a chest X-ray showed a mass in her lung that she did not learn about for nearly 10 months.
Lawsuit: Kane County police using 'investigative holds,' asset forfeiture to run racketeering enterprise
Three people have taken action in Chicago federal court to allege the Kane County Sheriff’s Office is running a racketeering enterprise – and running roughshod over the U.S. Constitution in the process – by pulling over drivers, falsely arresting and searching them, and confiscating their cash and cars for the benefit of Kane County.
Chicago landlord: Lawsuit notice vs apartment biz illegal stab at coercing him to pay legal bills from divorce case
A Chicago landlord has raised the stakes in a legal battle with the lawyers who formerly handled his divorce case, as he has asked the court to punish lawyers he said illegally filed a lien against an apartment building his corporation owns in an attempt to lean on him to collect the amount the lawyers say he owes and has yet to pay.
Health worker sues property owners over alleged negligence
CHICAGO — A home health care provider is suing the owners of a residence in Mount Prospect, claiming she fell on snow and ice due to the defendants' carelessness and negligence.
Patient sues Loyola Medical Center, two doctors for alleged surgical mistakes
CHICAGO — A Cook County woman is suing Loyola University Medical Center and two doctors, claiming they mishandled surgery to reverse a colostomy.
Appeals panel: Judge wrong to nix firing of state worker who got Link cards for friends, family, used it herself
A state appellate panel in Springfield has reinstated the termination of a state worker who had been fired for allegedly authorizing state aid for friends and relatives, and using those benefits to pay for purchases for herself. A Sangamon County judge had ordered her punishment reduced.
Patient blames doctors at Northwestern Memorial for alleged nerve damage
Story CopyCHICAGO – A Cook County woman says doctors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital mishandled surgery to repair broken pelvic bones, causing nerve damage.
Judge OKs deal ending washing machine class action vs Sears; mum on lawyers' request to get $6 million
More than 10,000 people who paid to fix problems with certain kinds of Kenmore and Whirlpool washing machines sold by Sears could be in line for some money in coming months, as a Chicago federal judge approved a settlement agreement to end nearly a decade of litigation over the reliability of those home appliances.
Whistleblower suit says CPS fired bus manager for uncovering collusion among bus vendors, CPS
A man who formerly helped manage the Chicago Public Schools’ busing contracts has sued CPS, alleging the city’s public schools system fired him for “political and financial reasons” after he attempted to end practices which he claimed allowed the busing vendors to work together to allegedly bilk CPS and taxpayers who support it out of untold millions of dollars and costing CPS students millions of hours of lost classroom time in the process.