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Judge: Fed transportation law doesn't shield paratransit company from IL genetic privacy class action

By Scott Holland |
A federal judge ruled employers can follow federal rules on screening prospective drivers without violating Illinois' genetics privacy law, meaning transportation companies can't use federal law and regulations to beat potentially costly class action lawsuits for asking about drivers' family medical histories.

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Owner of Waukegan restaurant building can be sued for not stopping car from crashing through front window

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A state appeals panel had earlier agreed the Waukegan Mexican restaurant owners can be sued by a customer who was injured when a car crashed through the front window. Now, the state appeals panel says there is no reason the building owners can't also be sued for failing to install barriers to prevent such crashes

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Jewish lawyer can sue Cook Co. Public Defender for making her take down pic featuring Israeli flag, gun

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A federal judge said Debra Gassman has done enough so far to show the Cook County Public Defender's office violated her First Amendment rights by forcing her to take down a photo from her office showing the ex-IDF volunteer holding a rifle in front of the Israeli flag

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Appeals court: Hospitals can't sue Illinois to force faster Medicaid claims pay

By Scott Holland |
Saint Anthony Hospital said it intends to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court, asserting it believes dissenting judges were correct to argue the majority decision misunderstands congressional intent behind language in federal Medicaid law

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River Forest developer sues ex-attorney, claims conduct violations, malpractice in divorce cost him millions, led to jailing

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Frank "Marty" Paris, who was jailed three times for allegedly failing to pay lawyers in his contentious divorce case, has sued his ex-lawyers Brian Hurst and the firm of Hurst Robin Kay & Miller, claiming they "abandoned" him on the eve of trial and then represented another lawyer against him seeking hundreds of thousands in fees

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Lawsuit: IL should pay for releasing man who murdered 11-year-old boy the next day

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The lawsuit was filed vs the Illinois Prisoner Review Board by Laterria Smith, mother of Jayden Perkins, who was stabbed to death defending his mom vs ex-boyfriend, who had been let out of jail the day before, despite known, actual threats against Smith and her family

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UIC prof can revive suit vs school for punishing him over 'racially insensitive' exam question, comments to students

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A federal appeals panel agreed the University of Illinois at Chicago law professor had established the university can't use 'qualified immunity' to end his lawsuit claiming the school had trampled his rights to speak freely in class and when talking with students, in response to complaints from offended students

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Steris Isomedix reaches $48M deal to end Lake County EtO lawsuits

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The settlement has not yet been approved. However, Steris said the deal would resolve the majority of 275 lawsuits accusing the company over alleged cancer-causing ethylene oxide emissions from a medical device sterilization plant in Waukegan

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Appeals panel: Ex-IL State football coach can sue university for allegedly demoting, removing him over 'All Lives Matter' religious message

By Scott Holland |
Head coach, former AD can't bring appeal on issue of qualified immunity, the court said, allowing ex-Illinois State football assistant coach to continue suing the university for allegedly demoting him and then not renewing his contract for posting a message contrasting the Black Lives Matter message pushed by the school in 2020

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Appeals court: CTA can't be sued over death of woman struck by L train while retrieving dropped phone

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A state appeals panel said the CTA owed no special duty to keep a watch out for or rescue a woman who had dropped down onto the tracks at the 69th Street Red Line station to retrieve the mobile phone she had dropped seconds before she was struck and killed by a train attempting an emergency stop

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City Hall curbs class action over cell phone distracted driving tickets

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Plaintiffs have filed to appeal the ruling of a Cook County judge, who said a recent Illinois Supreme Court decision all but demolishes a class action lawsuit claiming the city has for more than a decade wrongly prosecuted distracted driving tickets through city administrative hearings, rather than in court

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Triton College seeks to block potential sale of Rosemont Theatre, amid a tiff over taxes

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The trustees of Triton College, a community college district in River Grove, has filed suit against the village of Rosemont, saying the village is violating state law by attempting to sell the Rosemont Theatre and then claim all of its property tax revenue for the next two decades.

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Appeals court: Ex-White Sox trainer can sue team over firing, claims anti-gay discrimination

By Scott Holland |
South Siders canned head trainer in October 2020 while recovering from carjacking

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No delay for new EtO cancer trial for Lake County woman vs Steris Isomedix

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Medical device sterilizer Steris Isomedix said it should be allowed to attempt to force other companies who used EtO at sterilization plants in Lake County to share the potential payouts, when any of hundreds of lawsuits go to trial blaming emissions from the plant for cancers.

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Ancestry beats class action over use of 'yearbook' photos

By Scott Holland |
Federal judge determined website didn't improperly use individual identities for commercial purposes

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D113 pays $500K to settle ex-Highland Park HS asst principal's suit over record-shredding, sex offender favoritism

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Former Highland Park H.S. Assistant Principal Amy Burnetti had accused Township High School District 113 of illegally demoting her in retaliation for cooperating with prosecutors investigating misconduct claims vs D113 officials

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Appeals court upholds $6M malpractice verdict vs doctor accused of fueling woman's opioid addiction

By Scott Holland |
Panel said jury's conclusions were reasonable based on trial evidence

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Professor says UIC fired him for being white, speaking out against anti-white hiring practices

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A former professor has sued the University of Illinois Chicago, claiming they discriminated against him as a white male and retaliated against him for voicing concerns over alleged illegal anti-white faculty hiring and promotion policies and programs