News from June 2017
Suit claims negligence by Midlake Medical, Mercy Medical contributed to death
An estate administrator is suing Valesia Philips M.D.; Midlake Medical Corporation S.C.; and Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, alleging negligence.
Suit claims woman had stroke during surgery due to Franciscan Health's negligence
A couple is suing Franciscan Health Chicago Heights, alleging negligence during surgery led to a woman's stroke.
Challenge to Chicago landmarks ordinance cleared again to proceed; appeals court orders new judge
Two Chicago property owners have – again – won the chance to press ahead with their legal challenge to the city of Chicago’s designation of their neighborhoods as historical landmarks, after a state appeals panel – again – slapped down a Cook County judge’s decision to dismiss their lawsuit, and ordered a different judge to take a crack at the case.
Class action: Gather app improperly uses users' phones to send 'spam-vites' to friends, other contacts
An Illinois man who said he received unsolicited text messages is accusing the developers of the Gather app of violating federal telecommunications law in designing a product which allegedly raids a user’s phone’s contacts list and sends more spam text messages inviting others to install the app.