News from 2016
Atrium Health Care Chicago accused of negligence in connection with death
An administrator of a deceased man's estate has filed a wrongful death claim against Atrium Health Care Chicago, alleging negligence in nursing home care.
Oak Park Medical Center, others sued over nerve severed during surgery
A patient is suing Oak Park Medical Center; a doctor, identified as Thomas Bilko, M.D.; and Associated Medical Centers of Illinois Ltd., alleging negligence in medical care.
Holy Cross Hospital accused of failing to prevent pressure ulcers
A woman is suing Holy Cross Hospital Inc., alleging negligence in medical care.
St. Alexius Medical Center, doctor blamed for alleged surgical error
A patient is suing St. Alexius Medical Center and a doctor, identified as Stoyan Kokocharov, alleging negligence in health care
Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers, others accused of failing to provide proper care
A deceased man's family has filed a wrongful death claim alleging negligence in medical care.
Patient says doctor failed to properly treat an infection around a prosthetic knee
A patient is suing a doctor, identified as Richard A. Berger, M.D., and Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush LLC, alleging negligence in medical care.
Silverado Highland Park Memory Care Community accused of failing to prevent fall
A woman's representative is suing Silverado Highland Park Memory Care Community and two nurses, alleging negligence in nursing home care.
Patient blames dentist for jaw fracture
A patient is suing Kam Patel, D.D.S. and Lakeview Oral Maxillofacial Surgery & Med Spa, alleging negligence in dental care.
Advocate, NorthShore continue to push for merger, despite 7th Circuit decision against them
CHICAGO – Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University HealthSystem have said that despite an appeals court ruling against their proposed merger, they will still seek to merge. But how that can happen in light of the court ruling remains unclear.
IL Supreme Court: Berrios can't block county Inspector General's investigation at Assessor's office
The state’s highest court has declared Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios must comply with subpoenas issued by the county’s Inspector General, saying a Cook County ordinance empowering the Inspector General to “detect, deter and prevent corruption, fraud, waste, mismanagement, unlawful political discrimination or misconduct in the operation of County government” can be constitutionally applied to investigations of potential misconduct in the offices of elected county officials, like Berrios.
Federal judge expands power of 'Special Master' to review state agency political hiring practices
More than two years into an investigation of hiring practices at the Illinois Department of Transportation, a federal judge has expanded the power of the review panel to cover all other state agencies under the oversight of Illinois' governor.
'Trump sold himself as a wild card:' Incoming president's impact on labor law could be a mystery
CHICAGO – To many, the results of this year’s presidential election came as a surprise. That surprise could be the first of many in terms of labor and employment policies when the Donald Trump administration takes over in January.
Judge: New jail policy allowed sheriff to avoid order to distribute prisoner rights journal to inmates
A federal judge has sided with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and its policy of keeping inmates at the county jail from reading magazines focused on the legal rights of prisoners.
PNC settles asst. bank managers' unpaid OT claims class action for $6M; $2M to plaintiffs' attorneys
A little over a year since a group of several hundred assistant bank branch managers sued PNC Bank for allegedly denying them overtime pay, a federal judge in Chicago has signed off on a deal to end the litigation for $6 million, which would send around $2,000 on average to each of the allegedly wronged assistant managers and $2 million to the attorneys who brought the case.
'Joint employer' status in franchise operations could see change in regulation under Trump
With the arrival of a new presidential administration in Washington, D.C., franchisers and their advocates are hopeful the push by the Obama administration to change the way the relationship between franchisers and franchisees are regulated will be tossed out, as well.
Drive-thru headset parts maker says Greenberg Traurig, LeClair Ryan law firms cost it $9M settlement
A suburban electronic parts company is suing Chicago- and Virginia-based law firms for allegedly short-circuiting its defense against a trademark infringement lawsuit, which resulted in $9 million in allegedly unnecessary fees, sanctions and settlement costs.
Chicago lawyer says neighbors using alderman to block his home project, demands alderman's emails
A Chicago lawyer has taken to court his dispute with his neighbors and a Chicago alderman over his Wicker Park home construction project, asking a Cook County judge to order the city of Chicago and Alderman Joe Moreno to turn over all emails, text messages and other communications which may show whether friends of Moreno – the lawyer’s neighbors – had used the alderman to block him from installing a heated sidewalk at his house.
New Chicago tax on bags will yield revenue, but maybe not environmental benefits
The city of Chicago will begin charging people next year a tax for each bag they use to haul groceries and other items purchased at retailers in the city. But while the tax will produce income for the city, it remains to be seen how much the tax will actually do to reduce the number of plastic bags Chicagoans use - a major selling point for such taxes in Chicago and other locales.
Judge rejects bid by airline support company Air Serv to block Tuesday O'Hare strike
With just hours to go before unionized airline support workers take to the picket lines for a scheduled strike at O’Hare International Airport, a Chicago federal judge has denied an attempt by one of the employers targeted by the work stoppage to bar its employees from participating in what it calls an illegal strike action.
Fisker investors class action: Bankers duped them into pouring funds into failed electric car biz
Facing a class-action complaint potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars, a group of investment bankers accused of misleading investors into pouring funds into a failed electric car venture – described as “the largest venture capital-backed debacle in U.S. history” - have taken the litigation to federal court.