A man who was shot in a possibly targeted attack while waiting in a drive-through lane at a South Side Wendy’s restaurant can’t sue the restaurant’s owners for allegedly failing to protect him, a federal appeals panel has ruled. In the ruling, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that, even though the Wendy’s restaurant…
A new lawsuit has been filed against several major hair product manufacturers, alleging that their hair relaxer products have caused serious health issues, including cancer. On March 13, 2025, Gracie Scurry filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Avlon Industries, Beauty Bell Enterprises LLC f/k/a House of Cheatham, Inc., House of…
After earlier ruling that the owners of a Waukegan Mexican restaurant can be sued by a customer who claims they should have stopped a car from crashing through the restaurant’s front window, a state appeals panel said it only makes sense that the owners of the building in which the restaurant is located should face the lawsuit, too. A three-justice…
An abortion clinic in Champaign, run by an Ohio doctor who gained notoriety in recent years for coming to Illinois on weekends to perform abortions after his home state tightened restrictions on the procedure, has been hit by a lawsuit from an Indiana woman who claims the doctor botched her abortion by perforating her uterus and leaving much of the…
Ansur America Insurance and lawyer James Borland of Peoria settled a legal malpractice claim after seven days of trial with jurors just beginning to deliberate. U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle excused the jurors on Tuesday, March 18, after Ansur and Borland notified her of their agreement. She gave Ansur and Borland 60 days to finalize it. Ansur sued Borland and…
A state appeals panel has agreed a signed liability waiver shields a Chicago gym from being sued by a woman who fell while using their rock wall when the rope she had fastened to her harness detached. Amy Taylor sued Brooklyn Boulders in Cook County Circuit Court in September 2016, later adding Chicago Climbing Gym Company as a defendant, alleging…
A medical device sterilization company appears to have reached a $48 million settlement to potentially resolve hundreds of lawsuits over claims emissions from a Waukegan plant caused people living and working nearby to develop cancer. On March 4, attorneys for Isomedix, a subsidiary of Steris, filed a joint motion with attorneys representing some of the plaintiffs that have filed lawsuits…
A personal representative has filed a lawsuit against the United States of America, alleging medical negligence that resulted in severe injuries to a veteran. On February 21, 2025, Mary Kaye Depperschmidt, acting on behalf of the estate of Daniel Steinhauer, filed the complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The suit claims that the…
A mother has filed a lawsuit against a major pharmaceutical company. On February 21, 2025, Iris Brice filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Abbott Laboratories and its subsidiary, Abbott Laboratories, Inc. The lawsuit alleges that her premature son, Deandre Brice, suffered significant injuries after being fed cow’s milk-based formula products…
A tragic case has been filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Chicago Division, involving a premature infant who suffered severe injuries after being fed cow’s milk-based infant formula. On February 21, 2025, Kandice Carter, acting individually and as the parent and next friend of her minor child Rylen Edwards, initiated legal proceedings against…
