News from March 2017

Calumet City resident says dog owners failed to control pets

By Louie Torres |
A Calumet City resident is suing two pet owners, citing alleged insufficient measures were taken to prevent injuries, negligence, and violation of federal law.
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Lee Manor allegedly failed to provide adequate care to patient

By Louie Torres |
A deceased man's family is suing a nursing facility, alleging its staff didn't do enough to prevent him from developing pressure sores and, ultimately, from choking on his food.
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Husband and wife allege talc in Johnson & Johnson powder caused cancer

By Louie Torres |
A married couple are suing Johnson & Johnson and Walgreens for product liability and other claims, asserting the manufacturer and drug store retailer should be made to pay for making and selling baby powder that allegedly caused ovarian cancer.
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Defendants say attorney fees are ‘excessive’ in potential $76M deal in cruise line robocall class action

By Dan Churney |
A Chicago federal judge has green-lighted a potential $76 million settlement in a million-member class action suit, which alleged a cruise line and other companies masked telemarketing calls as nonprofit surveys. The judge, however, held off for now approving what could be as much as $24.5 million in fees for plaintiffs’ attorneys – fees defendants are alleging are “excessive” and “unreasonable.” 
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Appeals court refuses to lift stay on labor board's impasse finding; strike spectre still looms

By The Cook County Record |
In the latest move in the ongoing battle between Illinois state union workers and Gov. Bruce Rauner, a state appeals court has refused the governor’s request to lift a court-ordered stay on the Illinois Labor Relations Board’s finding that the state and its largest union are at an impasse, a move that will impact the ability of Rauner to impose contract terms and of the union to strike.

Presence RHC Senior Services accused of negligence in woman's care

By Louie Torres |
A deceased woman's family is suing Presence RHC Senior Services, alleging negligence in nursing home care.
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Southland Orthopaedics, physician accused of negligence

By Louie Torres |
A married couple's lawsuit against Anil Kesani, M.D., and Southland Orthopaedics Ltd. alleges negligence in medical care.
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Shortcomings in woman's care alleged at Southpoint Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

By Louie Torres |
A deceased woman's family is suing Southpoint Nursing and Rehabilitation Center LLC, alleging negligence in nursing home care.
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Norfolk Vet Products accused of fraud in death of dog implanted with 'Companion Port'

By Louie Torres |
Two people are suing Norfolk Vet Products, citing alleged fraud in the death of their dog.
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North Shore University Health System accused of negligence leading to woman's death

By Louie Torres |
A deceased woman's family has filed a wrongful death claim against North Shore University Health System, alleging negligence in health care.
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Wrongful death claim alleges negligence by Loyola University Medical Center; case settled, dismissed

By Louie Torres |
A deceased man's family has settled a wrongful death claim against Loyola University Medical Center.
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Astoria Place Skilled Nursing Facility, others accused of failing to prevent pressure sores

By Louie Torres |
A deceased man's family has filed a wrongful death claims against Astoria Place Living & Rehab Center; Legacy Healthcare, Progressive Healthcare, and related entities, alleging negligence in nursing home care.
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Man says landlords at fault for not fixing stairway

By Louie Torres |
A man is suing his landlords, alleging negligence, liability and insufficient measures taken to prevent injuries.
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Man suing U of Chicago for 'anti-male' assault policies settles with female accuser, keeps suing school

By Scott Holland |
A University of Chicago student suing the school over anti-male bias built into its sexual assault investigation system is continuing his lawsuit against the school, in which he is demanding $1.35 million, even though the school purportedly dropped its disciplinary action against him, and after he settled with a female student who allegedly triggered the disciplinary action by accusing him of sexual assault. 
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Appeals court: Cities can cut vacation time buybacks, other programs, to end pension spiking

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A state appeals court in Springfield has affirmed cities and other local governments have the right to modify workers’ employment and compensation agreements to prevent “pension spiking” without running afoul of the state constitution’s public worker pension protections.
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Appeals court: Towns can empanel multiple local electoral boards to resolve conflicts of interest

By Dan Churney |
An Illinois appeals panel has upheld a Cook County judge, who ruled suburban Hazel Crest can convene multiple electoral boards to hear objections to candidate nominations, because regular board members are disqualified, in that they are also candidates facing the objections. 
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NIU frat alcohol death, lawyer fee agreements, IHSA FOIA status on IL Supreme Court March call

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Beginning March 14, the Illinois Supreme Court will hear arguments in several cases, including: whether a NIU fraternity can be sued for a pledge's alcohol-induced death; whether lawyers must specify "joint financial responsibility" in case referral agreements; and whether the IHSA is a public body subject to FOIA.
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Presence to pay $475K for HIPAA breach; could signal more HIPAA scrutiny for other health care orgs

By Laura Halleman |
Chicago-based Presence Health has become the first health care organization penalized for not reporting a HIPAA privacy breach within a 60-day window, as federal regulators slapped the operator of 11 Illinois hospitals with a $475,000 fine. And it could signal greater enforcement actions to come, said an attorney who works with other health care organizations.
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Mother says Children's Hospital of Chicago failed to properly monitor daughter's heart

By Louie Torres |
A mother is suing Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and other health care providers, alleging her new baby daughter died because the hospital didn't do enough to monitor a heart condition.
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Man alleges nursing facility didn't provide timely pneumonia treatment

By Louie Torres |
A woman's family is suing Harmony Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Inc., citing alleged insufficient measures were taken to prevent injuries and negligence.

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