News from June 2016
Man files suit alleging vision damage
CHICAGO – A man alleges he suffers from vision damage as a result of negligent medical treatment.
SEC says ex-UNO CEO Rangel broke law by not disclosing hires, jeopardizing state grant money
Federal regulators have filed suit against the former head of a Chicago charter schools group, saying he violated federal securities laws when he allegedly misled investors by not disclosing conflicts of interest in awarding charter school contracts that jeopardized state grants underpinning municipal bonds issued by the charter schools organization.
Chicagoan accuses city police of violating federal law
CHICAGO — A Chicago man is suing the city of Chicago and city police officers, alleging he was wrongfully arrested.
Seventh Circuit upholds $18 million verdict vs billionaire Auchi, his company, over South Loop land deal
Calling the verdict largely “unexceptional,” a federal appeals court has upheld the bulk of a jury’s $23 million verdict against a billionaire and the company he owns, saying the billionaire was at the heart of actions to swindle a former associate of convicted campaign financier Tony Rezko out of millions he should have earned under a contract governing the division of proceeds from the sale of a huge undeveloped South Loop parcel.
Patient accuses health providers of medical malpractice
CHICAGO — A patient is suing Chicago health providers, alleging their negligence caused her injuries during surgery.
Cyclist alleges bicycle parts manufacturer's negligence caused injuries
CHICAGO — A cyclist is suing bicycle parts manufacturers, alleging their negligence caused him injuries.
Family alleges nursing care facility's negligence caused death
CHICAGO — A family member is suing health care providers, alleging their negligence caused the death of a 77-year-old man.
Suit filed against dentist over allegedly negligent treatment of abscess
CHICAGO – An individual alleges that improper treatment from her dentist caused a brain infection.
US Supreme Court refuses to revive overturned $10 billion tobacco verdict vs Philip Morris
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied review of an Illinois Supreme Court decision that cleared tobacco company Philip Morris of a $10 billion judgment. On June 20, the justices rejected a petition from plaintiff Sharon Price, who won the judgment in the court of former Madison County circuit judge Nicholas Byron in 2003. The Supreme Court had denied review of the same case in 2006, after the Illinois Supreme Court reversed Byron.
Judge keeps ex-CEO’s $15 million suit percolating vs Intelligentsia Coffee over sale to Peet's
A judge has ruled a former CEO of Chicago coffee house chain Intelligentsia has grounds to continue his suit against his ex-business partners, who fired him and then allegedly refused to pay him more than $15 million in profit shares and his cut from the proceeds of the company’s sale.
Nine IL lawyers disbarred, 12 others suspended by State Supreme Court
Nine lawyers – including one convicted of sexually assaulting a young woman in her hotel room, and a former downstate prosecutor who allegedly tampered with official state’s attorneys computer files after learning he wouldn’t be promoted to the top prosecutor job in his county – have been disbarred by the Illinois Supreme Court. The state’s high court also suspended an additional dozen other attorneys for a range of alleged violations.
Wrongful death suit filed against hospital, care facility
CHICAGO – An estate administrator alleges that a care facility failed to prevent pressure ulcers on her decedent.
Former employee alleges she was harassed, discriminated against at preschool
CHICAGO – A woman alleges she was sexually harassed by a female supervisor at a Homewood preschool.
Brookdale Plaza Lisle Healthcare Center alleged to have not maintained elevator
CHICAGO – An individual is suing a Lisle long-term care facility alleging she was injured by its elevator.
'Retired' fire chief allowed to draw pension after hired in administrative post at same department, panel says
A former suburban fire chief will be allowed to draw his firefighter’s pension while still working for the same fire protection district he had led, after a state appeals court said, because the former chief doesn’t respond to fire calls, the fire district’s pension board had incorrectly attempted to deny him his pension when the board determined the former chief had reentered service as a firefighter after the district hired him back on in the role of “chief administrator.”
Wrongful death suit filed against Mercy Hospital and Medical Center
CHICAGO – An estate administrator has filed suit against a Chicago hospital and a doctor.
Man files suit against truck driver, alleging injuries
CHICAGO – A forklift driver alleges he was injured while unloading a shipment from a tractor-trailer.
Appeals panel: Dad can press lawsuit vs NIU fraternity chapter over son's alcohol hazing death
An Illinois appeals court will allow a father whose son died after drinking too much alcohol during a fraternity’s initiation ritual, to resume his lawsuit against the Northern Illinois University fraternity, saying a Cook County judge erred in dismissing the wrongful death action against the local chapter and its leaders.
FTC appeals denial of injunction to block Advocate, NorthShore merger, deal on hold in meantime
A federal judge has signed off on federal regulators' request to temporarily block a merger of two Chicago area hospital systems, until Chicago's federal appeals court can weigh in on the district judge's refusal to grant a preliminary injunction to prevent the consummation of the deal to combine the Advocate and NorthShore health systems.
IL Supreme Court takes down law granting special tax break to Moline aviation business
The Illinois Supreme Court has taken down a special tax break for a western Illinois aviation service, declaring state lawmakers lacked the constitutional authority to extend to the business a property tax exemption held by a public airport authority, costing the local school district and other local governments a tidy sum in unpaid property taxes.