News published on Cook County Record in October 2016

An administrator of a deceased woman's estate is suing a doctor, identified as Palmer J. Blakley, M.D.; Metrosouth Medical Center; and Unimed Ltd., alleging wrongful death after the medical professionals and organizations allegedly failed to diagnose and treat the woman's lung cancer.

A customer is suing P.F. Chang's, claiming something in his meal caused him to break several teeth.

A deceased man's family is suing Presence Resurrection Medical Center in a wrongful death claim alleging the hospital didn't do enough to prevent the man from falling and breaking his neck.

A Cook County jury has awarded $1 million to a doctor who alleged Advocate Health had fired him from his post at Oak Lawn’s Advocate Christ Medical Center in retaliation for his attempt to out a superior he accused of being a “sexual predator” towards resident doctors at the hospital.

A new law prohibiting non-compete agreements for low-wage earners has been signed into law by Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner.

Saying the law imposes only a “minimal inconvenience" on voters living in low population counties who wish to register to vote on Election Day when compared to the benefits of expanding voting opportunities in counties with more people, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has asked a federal appeals court to overturn a federal judge’s block of a state law allowing Election Day voter registration at polling places in Cook County and other Illinois counties in which more than 100,000 people liv

A cruise line and other companies accused of allegedly cloaking telemarketing calls as nonprofit surveys have agreed to settle a federal class action lawsuit against them, agreeing to pay potentially as much as $76 million – including potentially as much as $24 million to plaintiffs’attorneys - to end the litigation before it went to trial.

As it attempts to stop the merger of the Advocate and NorthShore health systems in Illinois, the Federal Trade Commission scored a possibly influential win in Pennsylvania as the regulatory body continues its campaign to keep healthcare systems as competitive as possible.

A deceased woman's family is suing nursing home Alden Town Manor Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, Inc., and other affiliated corporate entities, alleging insufficient measures were taken to prevent the woman's injuries.

A couple and their son have filed a complaint alleging doctors didn't properly treat the boy's leg, leading to permanent nerve injury.

A woman is suing over alleged medical negligence in the treatment of a wrist fracture.

A man who had a job delivering food products is suing a restaurant operation over alleged liability for injuries he suffered when he allegedly fell down a stairway with his cart.

A prominent family law firm is suing a man over claims he owes them more than $500,000 in unpaid legal bills.

The city of Chicago has the constitutional authority to require developers of new condo and apartment buildings to designate a portion of the project as “affordable housing,” a federal judge has said - and developers should enter into a new project understanding the rule could apply to them, despite efforts to avoid it.

A Chicago federal judge is giving City Hall a third try to refine its opioid fraud lawsuit vs drugmakers.