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WEBThe City's No. 1 Source for the Law Profession. Alex Murdaugh speaks with his legal team before being sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for the murder of his wife and son on March 3, 2023. On Tuesday, a federal court rejected Murdaugh’s request to throw out his 40-year sentence for stealing from clients and his law firm.
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WEBA federal judge tossed a tortious interference claim but allowed to two other counts to proceed in a lawsuit that alleges Allstate Insurance Co. blocked a woman’s attempts to sell her exclusive agency — one that sold only Allstate policies — in order to obtain her “book of business” at a reduced price. By Patricia Manson.
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WEBAug 22, 2024 · Links to the full text of recent decisions by the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals, Illinois Supreme Court and Illinois Appellate Court.
Criminal law — constructive possession
WEB3 days ago · Where a handgun is found under the passenger seat defendant was in, its present plus the observation that defendant bent down at some point is insufficient to establish constructive possession.The 1st District Appellate Court reversed the decision of Cook County Circuit Judge James B. Linn.Carlos Crumpton was in the front passenger seat of a four-door sedan shortly after midnight on April 9 ...
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WEBOct 2, 2013 · FBI to pay $22M to settle sexual discrimination case. The FBI agreed Monday to pay more than $22 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging female recruits were singled out for dismissal in training and routinely harassed by instructors with sexually charged comments about their breast size, false allegations of infidelity and the need ...
Judge tosses Legal Aid Chicago’s discrimination suit
WEB5 days ago · A legal aid organization does not have standing to challenge a property manager’s alleged refusal to rent apartments to applicants with an eviction on their record, a federal judge ruled.In a written opinion, U.S. District Judge Steven C. Seeger of the Northern District of Illinois held Legal Aid Chicago in its lawsuit failed to show it suffered an injury in fact — the most important ...
Spoliation claim against Chicago over lost tree branch tossed
WEB5 days ago · A woman who was injured when a tree branch fell on her failed to convince a state appellate panel to allow spoliation claims against the city of Chicago over its loss of a tree limb, alleging the missing evidence was detrimental to her negligence case.Melinda Cardella sued the city alleging that it negligently maintained the tree that fell on and injured her on Aug. 30, 2013.Following a trial ...
Panel nixes suit against Chicago over retiree health benefits
WEBDec 5, 2023 · A state appellate panel refused to revive a suit filed by hundreds of city of Chicago employees seeking lifetime healthcare benefits, writing that “any reviewing court would be hard pressed to find abuse” in the tossing of the case from Cook County Circuit Court.The case, filed by 337 current and former city …
Chicago Bar Association releases judicial ratings
WEB5 days ago · Seven judicial candidates running for Cook County Circuit Court received negative ratings in the Chicago Bar Association’s evaluation for the Nov. 5 general election.The evaluation, released Wednesday, rated candidates for the Illinois Supreme Court, 1st District Appellate Court, Cook County Circuit Court and its subcircuits as being either “highly qualified,” “qualified” or “not ...