Illinois Lawyer Blog

As recently reported by Robert Pear in the New York Times, the Trump Administration is moving forward on its promise to strip victims of nursing home neglect of the right to pursue justice in courtrooms. For years, nursing homes have included “no sue” arbitration clauses in the documents patients [or their loved ones] sign upon admission of the pat… Read More

Ford Motor has agreed to pay $10.125 million dollars to resolve a United State Equal Employment Opportunity Commission[EEOC] case alleging sexual and racial harassment of of female African American workers at the Chicago Assembly Plan and Chicago Stamping Plant. The EEOC also alleged that Ford had retaliated against those workers who complained about the haras… Read More

Should a cab company be held liable when one of its drivers makes sexual advances to a passenger and then assaults her? The Illinois Appellate Court dealt with that issue last month in McNerney v. Allamuradov. The opinion is worth a read, particularly for its analysis of the negligent hiring allegations. The underlying facts are pretty straightforward. Susan M… Read More

Lauraann Wood reported on this surprising and highly unusual verdict in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin last week. Mr. Jessie Mitchell, an Oregon resident, filed suit against Illinois pharmaceutical company Abbvie alleging that Abbvie purposely downplayed the serious side effects and health risks posed associated with Androgel – a testosterone replacement… Read More

Interesting juxtaposition of stories over the last couple weeks relating to the Takata air bag disaster. I had a previous post on this mess. First, in late June, Takata Corporation filed for bankruptcy protection in light of the exposure it faces due to its defective airbags, which resulted in numerous deaths and serious injuries. The company filed for Chapter… Read More

https://youtu.be/9pHijxHqBWI Talk about curious timing. Just last week I wrote about some disturbing allegations arising out lawsuits that have been filed against Monsanto the manufacturer of Roundup, the popular pesticide. The lawsuits started not long after the International Agency for Research on Cancer[IARC] released its findings in 2015 stating that glyph… Read More

Great decision out of the First District Appellate Court last year on an interesting Workers Comp issue. In Calumet Sch. Dist #132 v Ill. Workers’ Comp. Comm, Jonathan Jordan[ironic this guy was named Jordan] was a science teacher at Calumet Middle School. Teachers at that that school were expected to attend and participate in afterschool activities whic… Read More

In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer[IARC] a part of the World Health Organization, published its findings after looking into the carcinogenicity of five common pesticides. One of the pesticides examined – glyphosate – is a primary ingredient in Roundup – a pesticide made by Monsanto that anyone with a garden knows about &… Read More