Illinois Lawyer Blog

I wrote a post back in November, 2023, about the substantial verdict a California jury awarded to four American Airlines employees for rashes, illnesses and respiratory issues the employees claimed were caused by their American Airlines uniforms. Specifically, the employees claimed that the clothing manufacturer, Twin Hill, used formaldehyde in the uniforms to… Read More

Steven Strahler had an interesting article in Crains that dug into which Chicago firms were willing to sign onto an amicus brief challenging the Trump administration’s decision to blackball law firms that helped his political opponents. By way of background, Trump recently signed an executive order declaring that Perkins Coie(a large Chicago firm that re… Read More

Back in August, 2020, Darius King was a customer inside Taqueria El Paraiso – a Waukegan Taco joint – when a car driven by Melanie Sanders crashed through a wall, striking King who suffered serious injuries. King initially sued Sanders and Alberto Leguizamo, the owner of the El Paraiso. King then settled with Sanders and then dismissed Leguizamo. K… Read More

The First Appellate District of Illinois handed down a decision last week speaking to the duty of a bar when a patron becomes unruly, gets ejected and then hurts another patron outside the bar. Defense firms are quick to seek dismissal of these cases arguing that the bar had no reason to anticipate the attack(in legal speak, it was not “foreseeable”… Read More

Johnson & Johnson[“J&J”] continues to make headlines for all the wrong reasons. J&J has recently taken some multi-million dollar beatdowns in courtrooms across America, as a result of countless lawsuits where it is alleged J&J knowingly marketed talc powder contaminated with asbestos to American consumers for years. And in 2022, J&a… Read More

The First District Appellate court recently faced a novel question – what liability does a bar face when it provides free alcohol to someone who then falls, hits his head and dies? The case – Schramm v. 3258 Wells Street Restaurant – involved some unusual facts. Michael Schramm[“Michael”] worked as a busser at 3258 S. Wells, also… Read More

As detailed in Dennis Rodkin’s article in Crain’s this week, a Chicago-area homebuyer just filed a lawsuit against At World Properties, alleging that At World – the largest residential real estate firm in Illinois, has engaged in a longtime conspiracy to inflate home prices and broker commissions. The complaint, filed by James Tuccori, ostens… Read More

In September of 2016, American Airlines came up with yet another uniform change for its flight attendants. Tracey Silver-Charan had been working for American as a flight attendant for 35 plus years and had seen uniform modifications come and go many times over the years. She dutifully got the new uniform and started wearing it, and didn’t give it another… Read More