U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Federal Torts Claim Act Dismissal Stating that...
The Federal Tort Claim Act (FTCA) provides that a tort claim against the United States “shall be forever barred” unless the claimant meets two deadlines. First, the claim must be presented to the...
View ArticleTakata Agrees to Recall 33.8 Million Defective Airbags
Takata Corp. is headquartered in Japan and manufactures millions of airbags installed in American vehicles. The company has agreed to recall 33.8 million airbags. That number doubles the already...
View ArticleU.S. Court of Appeals Finds No Personal Jurisdiction in Illinois Under the...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago has found an Illinois resident did not establish the minimum state contacts for a case to be heard in the U.S. District Court for the Northern...
View ArticleU.S. Court of Appeals Reverses Dismissal of Case Involving Electronic Filing...
In a civil rights lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983, Danny Farley hired an attorney who began the process of filing the complaint in the Southern District of Illinois in East St. Louis, Ill. The local...
View ArticleU.S. Court of Appeals Finds That Wrongful Death Case Belongs in Mexico — Not...
Vanessa Noboa used Orbitz to book and pay for a room at the Barceló Los Cabos Palace Hotel on the Baja Peninsula of Mexico. She signed up for an all-terrain vehicle tour with Rancho Carisuva. During...
View ArticleFederal District Court in Chicago Rejects Pre-emption Defense in ERISA Claim
This lawsuit was originally filed in Kane County, Ill., in the wrongful death and survival act claims by Lee Anne Wigdahl for the death of her husband, Eric Wigdahl. The case was challenged by the...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Highlights Legal Trend in Limiting General Personal...
In the case of Campbell v. Acme Installations Inc., highlighted in the April 2019 Illinois Bar Journal authored by Eric J. Muñoz, general jurisdiction for nonresident defendants is clarified. In the...
View ArticleU.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Declaratory Judgment Action in Mesothelioma...
Deborah Amling, personally and as personal representative for the Estate of Robert N. Amling, brought this lawsuit for the wrongful death of her husband against Harrow Industries LLC and others. Amling...
View Article$450,000 Federal District Court Jury Verdict for Mental Health Facility...
Christopher Novus Davis, 20, was admitted to Chester Mental Health Center in Chester, Ill., which is about 60 miles southeast of St. Louis. Shortly after he arrived, he was allegedly confronted by a...
View ArticleU.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Summary Judgment in Favor of Corporation Whose...
Marina Kolchinsky and her mother, Lidia Kolchinsky, were severely injured in a car collision with a tractor-trailer in Illinois. They sued the truck driver and the two companies that contracted with...
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