CHICAGO - A federal judge in Illinois on Jan. 23 refused to dismiss a suit a consumer filed against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., as the receiver for a failed bank that held $300,000 of his money in an escrow account, rejecting the FDIC's arguments... Read More
CHICAGO - A Prempro plaintiff may be able to use evidence of defendant Wyeth's remedial actions to counter Food and Drug Administration and statute of limitations argument, an Illinois federal judge ruled July 30 in granting in part and denying in... Read More
CHICAGO - An Illinois federal judge on Feb. 8 refused to certify a class of Illinois residents suing the maker of a weight loss product shown to contain hexavalent chromium, an allegedly toxic substance (Tracey Lipton, et al. v. Chattem, Inc., No. 11... Read More
CHICAGO - A federal judge in Illinois on Jan. 16 denied dismissal of a suit the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., as the receiver for a failed bank, filed against former officers and directors of the bank to recover approximately $114 million in the bank's... Read More
CHICAGO - The parents of a former professional hockey player who died after a battle with addiction to prescription painkillers allegedly used to deal with chronic head injuries filed a complaint in an Illinois state court on May 10 for the wrongful death... Read More
CHICAGO - A federal judge in Illinois on May 15 rejected debt collectors' motion to dismiss a consumer class action lawsuit, ruling that the defendants' failure to properly identify the creditor in a debt collection letter violates federal debt... Read More
CHICAGO - The trustee in the Chapter 7 bankruptcy case of Peregrine Financial Group Inc. on July 31 moved in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois for authority to subpoena various financial institutions that did business with... Read More
CHICAGO - An Illinois federal judge erroneously enjoined a social bookmarking website from posting thumbnail images and links to certain copyrighted videos on grounds that the practice constitutes contributory copyright infringement, the Seventh Circuit... Read More
HONOLULU - A federal judge in Hawaii on Jan. 14 refused to certify a question to the state's high court regarding "products-completed operations hazard" (PCOH) provisions in insurance policies that an insured says cover alleged construction... Read More
ELGIN, Ill - A judge properly granted a motion for summary judgment on the issue of exposure after a previous judge denied a similar motion challenging causation, an Illinois appeals court held Nov. 21 in an asbestos case ( Vernon Nelson and John Q. Nelson... Read More
CHICAGO - An elderly widow has not shown that representations in an allegedly untimely disclosure form factored into her purchase of an annuity or decision to keep the policy past the 30-day free cancellation period, a federal judge in Illinois held March... Read More
MADISON, Wis. - Invoices allegedly documenting the sale of asbestos-containing products turned over by a company's lawyer are admissible under the ancient-documents exception to the hearsay rule, a Wisconsin appeals court held April 17 ( Cindy Horak... Read More
CHICAGO - A federal judge in Illinois on March 19 refused to dismiss a woman's claim that her loan servicer violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by charging excessive and illegal fees in connection with her mortgage loan and misapplying... Read More
CHICAGO - An Illinois appeals panel on May 13 reversed a lower court's summary judgment ruling in favor of a Catholic religious order's general liability insurer in a coverage dispute arising from a priest's alleged molestation of minors but... Read More
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - An Illinois federal judge on Oct. 2 denied a motion to dismiss a legal malpractice and subrogation lawsuit against a defense law firm that two insurance companies say botched their defense of a police officer's suit against... Read More