News from March 2017

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Adapting to the patchwork: Communities, employers consider options in wake of Cook Co. labor rules

By Stephanie N. Grimoldby |
A growing number of Cook County communities are opting out of the county's minimum wage and sick leave ordinances. And businesses are considering their options to adapt to a patchwork legal landscape and what they perceive to be an increasingly unfriendly environment for business in Cook County.
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Chicago Public Schools asks court to order ex-charter school operator to show how it spent $25M

By Scott Holland |
Chicago Public Schools is accusing former charter school operator Prologue Inc. of withholding financial documents that would reveal whether it mismanaged $25 million in public funds, according to a complaint filed March 3 in Cook County Circuit Court. 
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Cook County voters will select new mayors, school boards, other local elected officials on April 4

By David Hutton |
Despite being an “off-election year,” Cook County voters will decide a number of key local races on the ballot in the April 4 consolidated general election, which could have big implications for their hometowns, local schools and their tax bills.
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Illinois can choose SEIU to represent all home caregivers in negotiations: Appeals court

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The state of Illinois doesn’t trample on the rights of non-union home care providers by forcing them to abide by the terms of deals it strikes with a union over care provider pay rates and other terms of the care providers’ “employment,” a federal appeals court has ruled.
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Class action vs Home Depot: Consumers overpay for lumber that doesn't measure up

By Jonathan Bilyk |
An Illinois man has sought to nail one of the largest home improvement retailers in the country with a class action lawsuit, asserting they should be made to pay for selling two-by-fours and other pieces of lumber that don't measure up to their listed dimensions.
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SCOTUS OKs discrimination lawsuits vs schools, even as administrative proceedings continue

By Chandra Lye |
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of a disabled child’s parents in a dispute with the child’s school, saying the family was allowed to sue the school district over its decision to bar her from bringing her service dog to school. And while it could portend more lawsuits vs school districts, school districts shouldn't panic just yet.
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Midwest Orthopedics doctor allegedly failed to properly treat post-surgery hip infection

By Louie Torres |
A patient is suing Rush University Medical Center, Midwest Orthopedics at Rush LLC, and Dr. Brett R. Levine,  alleging they failed to take measures to prevent and treat an infection after performing a hip replacement procedure.
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Judge signs off on $9.3M deal to end Rustoleum Restore products class action; lawyers get $3M

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A Chicago federal judge has signed off on a $9.3 million settlement deal – including more than $3 million in attorney fees – ending years of litigation against Rustoleum over damage allegedly caused to decks and patios by the company’s “Restore” product line.
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Appeals court: Loyola not liable in toddler’s death or mother’s distress at seeing tubes left in body

By D.M. Herra |
A state appeals panel has upheld a jury’s finding in favor of Loyola University Medical Center in a lawsuit brought by the parents of a 2-year-old girl who died following a surgery to replace her pacemaker.
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Cook County home care agency blamed for grandfather's drowning death

By Louie Torres |
A woman is suing  Help at Home LLC, an employee of Help at Home, Bay Colony Condominium Owner's Association and a lifeguard, alleging the defendants failed to take measures to prevent her grandfather, Genrikh Mayboroda, from drowning in a swimming pool. 
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Glenshire Nursing & Rehab blamed for patient's pressure sores

By Louie Torres |
A patient is suing Glenshire Nursing & Rehab Centre Ltd., Glen Health and Home Management Inc., and two nurses, alleging insufficient measures were taken to prevent injuries from pressure sores or administer medical treatments ordered by the plaintiff's physician.
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Lutheran Home allegedly failed to prevent fractured femur

By Louie Torres |
A patient is suing Lutheran Home, a nursing facility in Cook County, alleging insufficient measures were taken to prevent her from falling and fracturing her femur.
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Sons of motorists killed in Willow Springs hydroplane crash sue county, village for not fixing ditch

By Louie Torres |
The sons of two motorists who were killed in a car accident after their vehicle skidded off a Cook County road are suing several county and state government agencies for allegedly failing to remedy a known road hazard and alert drivers to the dangerous conditions.
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Woman alleges negligence by Northwestern Memorial

By Louie Torres |
A woman is suing Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern Medical Group, and Bradley R. Merk, M.D., citing alleged negligence and insufficient measures taken to prevent injuries.
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Class action: Walgreens, CVS, Osco overcharging diabetics on Medicare for insulin pumps, supplies

By Scott Holland |
A Geneva resident who says pharmacies are overcharging people with diabetes for medication is pursuing a class action complaint against some of the country’s largest retail drug stores in Chicago federal court, seeking at least $5 million. 

Eyedrop class action decertified; Posner: 'That a seller doesn’t sell product you want is not actionable’

By Cook County Record |
U.S. Seventh Circuit appellate judges have vacated a class certification order a federal judge had entered on a claim that producers of glaucoma medicine purposely dispense excessive eye drops. 
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Judge blocks Advocate, NorthShore merger; effort to combine health systems scuttled

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A Chicago federal judge has moved to formally block the attempted merger between Advocate and NorthShore, two of the Chicago area’s largest hospital operators, granting federal regulators’ request for an injunction and likely scuttling the merger.
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Steele pleads guilty to conspiracy charges stemming from Prenda Law internet porn shakedowns

By Cook County Record |
John L. Steele, an indicted Chicago lawyer who served as one of the principals at Prenda Law, has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from his role in an alleged shakedown scheme allegedly designed to entrap and extract millions of dollars in settlements from those accused of illegally downloading internet porn.
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Class action: American Airlines deceived mechanics into taking jobs under hiring incentive program

By Jonathan Bilyk |
An American Airlines mechanic has accused his employer of fraud, saying in a class action lawsuit the airline hired him and perhaps hundreds of other workers under the promise of working under a special program under which they would rocket to the top of the company’s wage scale within three years, only to quickly cancel the program soon after he took the job.
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Niles nursing facility allegedly failed to prevent patient from suffering head injury

By Louie Torres |
A woman's family is suing a Niles nursing facility, citing alleged insufficient measures were taken to prevent injuries and negligence.

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