Gov. JB Pritzker has shrugged off calls to veto legislation that critics say will create more lawsuits for Illinois courts to handle while giving trial lawyers more shots at huge paydays. SB328 has been waiting for action for months, and on Friday Pritzker finally signed it into law. It will drag companies that have no or limited footprints in Illinois…
The Indiana Court of Appeals will be traveling to Richmond on Monday to hear arguments in a negligence case. Peggy McElhany was bitten by a pit bull while working at a Rural King in Avon. She sued the dog’s owner, Elizabeth Jordan, for negligence. Jordan wasn’t with the dog at the time of the bite. She moved for summary judgment…
A pair of Hamilton Superior Court lawsuits alleging negligence on Amazon’s part are heading back to trial court, after the Indiana Supreme Court denied transfer in both cases. The lawsuits, filed on behalf of two independent truck drivers, alleged the company did not provide adequate signage for contractors entering Amazon’s Greenfield warehouse, resulting in the death of one of the…
An Illinois woman alleges in a proposed class action lawsuit that Allergan’s now-recalled Biocell textured silicone- and saline-filled breast implants and tissue expanders have increased her risk of developing breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), a rare cancer of the immune system. The 24-page complaint states that the FDA in 2011 identified a link between breast implants and BIA-ALCL,…
An Indiana man who claims a Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) error cost him a job opportunity, over $1,000 in fines and a night in jail can’t sue for damages, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Monday. “This case requires us to determine whether the Legislature intended to confer on Indiana’s more than 4.5 million licensed drivers a right to sue…
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear arguments June 26 in USA Track & Field’s appeal of a lawsuit filed by an Olympian who contends the organization bears some responsibility she sustained at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Heptathlon Trials in Eugene, Oregon. Counsel for Olympian Taliyah Brooks argued before the Indiana Court of Appeals last August that Indianapolis-basd USA Track &…
A wrongful death and personal injury lawsuit has been filed against Marina Shores following a tragic electrical shock incident that occurred on July 10, 2025. The incident resulted in the death of Gabriel Gonzalez and serious injuries to his brother, Francis Gonzalez, III. According to the complaint, the brothers were cleaning a boat at the marina when Gabriel jumped into…
A Cook County judge has allowed medical device sterilization company Steris to end hundreds of lawsuits over claims emissions from a Waukegan plant operated by Steris subsidiary Isomedix caused people living nearby to develop cancer. In July, Cook County Circuit Judge Kathy M. Flanagan ordered dismissal of claims against Isomedix pending in her court. That order came a little less…
Hair care and cosmetics product maker Revlon won’t get the chance to review certain internal communications and other “work papers” related to the studies that have formed the basis of thousands of lawsuits accusing the company of selling hair straightening products that allegedly caused cancer. On July 22, U.S. District Judge Mary M. Rowland rejected Revlon’s request to enforce a…
An Illinois state appeals panel has agreed that generic drug makers can’t face lawsuits claiming Zantac causes cancer. Plaintiff Angela Valadez said she developed colorectal cancer, allegedly as a result of treating heartburn from 1995 to 2014 by taking Zantac and ranitidine, its generic equivalent. She sued Zantac-maker GlaxoSmithKline and Boehringer Engelheim, which made and sold the active ingredient ranitidine,…
