News from June 2022
Appeals panel: U of I bought John Marshall Law School, so man can't sue over his expulsion from Marshall before the sale
The courts said the state's sovereign immunity extends to claims against private entities that later became state-owned
Jewel-Osco OKs $1.6M deal to end Osco pharmacists' fingerprint scans biometrics class action
About 1,600 Osco pharmacy workers could get $977 each from the settlement, after Jewel-Osco failed to persuade judges the IL biometrics law was unconstitutional
Raoul ‘tied at the hip’ with Pritzker on COVID mandates that GOP challenger says ‘destroyed lives’
Tom DeVore, the Republican nominee for Illinois Attorney General, who filed numerous lawsuits challenging Gov. JB Pritzker's Covid-related orders, says voters should also hold accountable Attorney General Kwame Raoul, who vigorously defended those orders in court
Attorney General Raoul Issues Statement in Response to Supreme Court’s Decision to Weaken Concealed Carry Protections
Attorney General Raoul Issues Statement in Response to Supreme Court’s Decision to Weaken Concealed Carry Protections.
Cook County primary voters pick nominees for 27 Cook County Circuit, subcircuit judge posts
Results are preliminary, pending final tallies posted by Cook County and Chicago election authorities
Raines-Welch, wife of IL House Speaker, poised to win Cook County judgeship
Unofficial preliminary vote results indicate ShawnTe Raines-Welch, wife of Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, is in the lead for a seat on Cook County's Fourth Judicial Subcircuit court
Openly progressive Dem judge, ex-Lake County Sheriff appear poised for election battle for possible control of IL Supreme Court
Lake County Judge Elizabeth Rochford, backed by powerful Illinois Democrats, cruised to easy win in the Democratic primary for Illinois' Second Judicial District seat on the state Supreme Court. Ex-Lake Co. Sheriff Mark Curran held a narrow vote lead over Lake County Judge Daniel Shanes in the Republican primary contest
Ogletree Deakins Recognized by Seramount as a “Best Law Firm for Women”
Ogletree Deakins Recognized by Seramount as a “Best Law Firm for Women”.
Class action says McDonald's customers getting double charged for food ordered through the app
The lawsuit claims the McDonald's app is "poorly integrated," allegedly resulting in customers having to pay for their food in the restaurant, after allegedly paying for it in the app
Appeals panel agrees insurer on the hook for $3 million to Fremd High School hockey coach attacked by player
Parties settled at $6 million to end the lawsuit that dates back to a 1998 attack on the hockey coach by a stepson of one of the hockey club board members. But a Cook County judge and an Illinois appeals panel ruled policy limits must stay in place, limiting the insurance company's payout
Reed Smith named by Public Interest Law Initiative to its 2022 Pro Bono Recognition Roster
Reed Smith named by Public Interest Law Initiative to its 2022 Pro Bono Recognition Roster.
Sterigenics plaintiffs ask IL Supreme Court to step in to upend Cook judge's rulings
The plaintiffs call Cook County judge's decisions 'absurd and antithetical to ... prompt justice,' and denial of their clients' rights to prompt trials
Appeals panel says Indiana pediatrician fired for refusing Covid vax can't force reinstatement
A federal appeals judge said further proceedings will give the doctor to chance to demand hospital administration explain why they granted religious exemptions to four nurses, but not to the doctor
Stare Decisis: Settled Law, Until It Isn’t on June 28, 2022
Stare Decisis: Settled Law, Until It Isn’t on June 28, 2022.
IL Supreme Court: McLean Co. man can keep up suit over nerve damage blamed on hip replacement
Complaint alleges general negligence against surgeon, technicians
Attorney General Raoul Announces Over $230 Million Settlement With Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
Attorney General Raoul Announces Over $230 Million Settlement With Pharmaceutical Manufacturer.
Pircher, Nichols & Meeks Attorneys Join Holland & Knight
Pircher, Nichols & Meeks Attorneys Join Holland & Knight.
Judge won't yet give appeals court chance to weigh in on class action over BNSF rail yard entry fingerprint scans
Judge Matthew Kennelly had refused to grant summary judgment to BNSF in the BIPA class action brought by a truck driver in 2019
Yarbrough: Time for feds oversight of Cook Clerk's office to end; Court monitors focusing on details to keep getting paid
Yarbrough says compliance administrators appointed by the court to ensure she obeys federal court decrees are trying to find reasons to keep those decrees in place to ensure they continue to get paid
Appeals panel: Family can sue Abbott over birth defects from drug, despite seeming contradictory claims vs doctors
Couple now suing Abbott Laboratories already won $18.5M jury verdict against doctors who prescribed the anticonvulsant Depakote