News from May 2019
May 22: Circuit Court of Cook County docket for personal injury(motor vehicle) cases
The following cases categorized as "personal injury(motor vehicle)" cases were on the docket in the Circuit Court of Cook County on May 22. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
Case activity for Napco Steel Inc. vs Optimus Laser Corporation on May 24
The Circuit Court of Cook County reported the following activities in the suit brought by Napco Steel Inc. against Optimus Laser Corporation and R & b Machine Corporation on May 24:
May 21: Circuit Court of Cook County docket for personal injury(motor vehicle) cases
The following cases categorized as "personal injury(motor vehicle)" cases were on the docket in the Circuit Court of Cook County on May 21. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
Circuit Court of Cook County: Actions Taken on May 21
The Circuit Court of Cook County reported the following activity on May 21 in the suits below:
Chicago Ald. Burke indicted over alleged shakedowns to benefit property tax law firm Klafter & Burke
Federal prosecutors have added more charges against Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, accusing the once-powerful Chicago alderman of attempting to use his position as then-chairman of the city’s Finance Committee to push the developer of the Old Post Office redevelopment project to sign on as a client at Burke’s property tax appeal law firm.
J&J top corporate rep grilled in Oklahoma opioid trial - state focuses on 'Norman' poppy strain
NORMAN (Legal Newsline) – A corporate spokeswoman for Johnson & Johnson and its drug subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals on Thursday faced questioning by lawyers for the State of Oklahoma who attempted to link the company’s quest for profits to an opioid epidemic in the state.
IL Supreme Court disbars 8 attorneys, including ex-lawyer who tried to hire man to kill ex-wife; suspends 11
A former Homer Glen attorney who was convicted of trying to hire someone to murder his ex-wife is among a group of eight lawyers disbarred in May by the Illinois Supreme Court.
The state high court also suspended 11 other Illinois lawyers, including a downstate lawyer who falsified his home address to seek election as a circuit judge.
Smaller crowd on hand second day of Oklahoma opioid trial; Father of OD victim testifies
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) - Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman overruled several objections made by Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Pharmaceuticals (J&J) as the second day of trial unfolded in the state's pursuit of abatement in what it calls a man-made opioid crisis.
Father recounts loss of son in Oklahoma Johnson & Johnson opioid trial
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) – Fighting back tears, a father who lost his son to an opioid overdose recounted the nightmare during testimony in a trial alleging that Johnson & Johnson flooded the state with addictive drugs for profit.
Ceridian, Becton Dickinson targeted under new class actions for supplying fingerprint scanning ID tech to employers
Ceridian, one of the country’s largest human resources services vendors, and Becton Dickinson, one of the largest makers of medical technology, have become the latest big targets of class action lawsuits under an Illinois biometric information privacy law.
Appellate panel: Second look needed at challenge to the way IL Gaming Board makes video gambling rules
An appellate panel has ruled the state's video gambling law is constitutional. But they said a Cook County judge needs to take another look at the way the Illinois Gaming Board makes its rules to regulate video gambling in the state.
Hunter: Case is about abating 'worst' man-made crisis; J&J: Case is about damages - not abatement
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) - Admitting there is a high potential for abuse in opioid medications, Johnson & Johnson attorney Larry Ottaway said during opening arguments on Tuesday that physicians prescribing its medications Nucynta and Duragesic know this risk and have to know it to be licensed.
Class action accuses NorthShore Health of allegedly placing liens instead of billing patient insurance, Medicare
A class action lawsuit has accused NorthShore University Health System of incorrectly filing liens against people instead of properly billing their insurance and Medicare.
High rise manager Jones Lang LaSalle can't toss tenant's racketeering class action over 'union-only rule'
An ex-tenant in a Loop office building run by Jones Lang LaSalle has won the chance to continue its class action lawsuit against the property management company, accusing JLL of illegally conspiring with unions to run a racket forcing tenants to use union labor, rather than less expensive non-union contractors, for renovations and other work.
Opening remarks in opioid case against Johnson & Johnson alleges greed created drug epidemic
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) – Opening arguments began Tuesday in a first-ever trial in attempt to hold drug manufacturers accountable for an opioid over-dose crisis, accusing Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary company Janssen Pharmaceuticals of providing medications for profit that destroyed thousands of lives.
CHUHAK & TECSON: Women Helping Women at Chuhak & Tecson celebrates ten years
The Women Helping Women program at Chuhak & Tecson, P.C. is proud to embrace its 10th Anniversary in 2019 with a year-long celebration titled 10 Ways to Give Back.
SCOTUS gives win to GSK in appeal of $3M verdict over Chicago lawyer's suicide, Paxil drug labeling
The widow of a lawyer who took his own life, allegedly after taking the generic equivalent of widely prescribed antidepressant drug, Paxil, will not get a chance to undo a federal appeals court’s decision to toss out a federal jury’s findings that GSK, the maker of Paxil, owes her $3 million because it allegedly didn’t push federal regulators hard enough to revise the drug’s warning label.
Circuit Court of Cook County: Actions Taken on May 20
The Circuit Court of Cook County reported the following activity on May 20 in the suits below:
May 20: Circuit Court of Cook County docket for joint action cases
The following cases categorized as "joint action" cases were on the docket in the Circuit Court of Cook County on May 20. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
Case activity for Garrett Realty & vs Galt Baby on May 23
The Circuit Court of Cook County reported the following activities in the suit brought by Garrett Realty & against Galt Baby on May 23: