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How 'concrete' an injury is 'emotional distress?' Federal appeals court grapples with question
A group of four federal appeals court judges says the Seventh Circuit was wrong to toss out a woman's class action claims that a creditor should pay for inflicting "emotional distress" when it sought to collect a "zombie debt" -
Judges say Dems' partisan power grab in drawing new maps didn't also violate Voting Rights Act
Democrat mapmakers were "motivated by partisan political considerations," a panel of federal judges said, so it doesn't matter that they divided Latino and Black populations up among various districts, rather than maximizing majority minority districts -
IL Dems, challengers spar in court over whose map would result in more Latino, Black lawmakers elected
Republicans and Latino and Black advocates told a panel of federal judges that Illinois Democrats drew a new state legislative district map solely to protect Democratic incumbents and boost their party power, stepping on Black and Latino voting rights in the process. -
Republicans, Latino advocates file proposed map to 'correct constitutional defects' of Dems' state districts
The proposed new map, filed with federal judges, would nearly triple the number of majority Latino state House and Senate districts, compared to plan approved by Democrats and signed by Gov. JB Pritzker in September -
Judges: Democrats' June state district maps unconstitutional; New September maps still under review
A panel of federal judges said Democrats' decision to use "population estimates," rather than Census data resulted in unbalanced districts, under a plan rushed through simply to retain firm grip on power -
Madison County jury reaches defense verdict in patient’s suit alleging lacerated bladder
A Madison County jury returned a verdict in favor of St. Anthony’s Medical Center and a physician in a medical malpractice suit alleging a patient’s bladder was lacerated during a laproscopy procedure. -
Medical malpractice suit at trial in Stobbs’ court
A medical malpractice suit alleging a woman’s bladder was lacerated during a laproscopy procedure is at trial in Madison County Associate Judge Stobbs’ courtroom. -
Request for new medical malpractice trial against pediatrician denied; Ruth: 'The parties received a fair trial'
Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth denied a patient’s request for a new trial following a defense verdict in a medical malpractice suit against an Alton pediatrician. -
Patient seeks new trial following defense verdict in medical malpractice suit against Alton pediatrician
A boy who sued an Alton pediatrician alleging his germ cell tumor progressed due to delayed diagnosis seeks a new trial after a Madison County jury returned a defense verdict in February. -
Podiatrist says patient failed to follow instructions in suit alleging amputation
A physician and his practice argue that a patient failed to follow instructions and exercise reasonable care for her own safety in a lawsuit alleging her foot ulcer became septic, resulting in amputation. -
Madison County jury returns defense verdict in medical malpractice suit alleging delayed cancer diagnosis
A Madison County jury reached a defense verdict in favor of Alton MultiSpecialists and a pediatrician in a medical malpractice suit alleging a patient’s malignant germ cell tumor progressed due to delayed diagnosis.