EAST ST. LOUIS – Brothers Thomas Maag and Peter Maag of Wood River claim an expert for the state made their point that the vagueness of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s gun law violates the Constitution.
A panel of judges with the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on Illinois’ controversial assault weapon ban Thursday, challenging the state’s justification for the ban and the plaintiffs’ reliance on “in common use.”
Retired Chief Deputy Coroner Roger Smith announced that he will run on the Republican ticket for Madison County Coroner in 2024, with Former Congressman John Shimkus chairing the campaign.
BELLEVILLE – The family of a patient at Belleville Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center claims he died while under their care as a result of employee negligence and carelessness.
CHICAGO – Citizens Insurance Company of America must defend a privacy invasion suit against a business that sold a facial recognition database to Chicago for police purposes, U. S. Seventh Circuit appellate judges ruled on June 15.
Have mercy if this list is woefully incomplete. The recently concluded session of the Illinois General Assembly sent a blizzard of some 560 bills to Gov. JB Pritzker for signature, so we certainly don’t know what all is in them (and most lawmakers don’t, either.)
BENTON – Energy companies that own Prairie State power plant near Marissa have operated in accordance with Illinois law since they started burning coal, according to a motion they filed to dismiss a suit seeking to shut it down.
EDWARDSVILLE – Midwest Railcar Corporation has filed a $6.5 million breach of contract lawsuit against Befesa Zinc, US Inc. and American Zinc Recycling Corp.
BELLEVILLE – A class action lawsuit alleges Cedar Ridge Care and Rehabilitation Center endangers residents by purposely understaffing its facility in order to save money on staffing costs.
BELLEVILLE – The family of a former Rosewood Care Center resident claims he died after falling several times and receiving negligent care for his injuries.
BELLEVILLE – A woman has filed a medical malpractice claim against her dentist, alleging her teeth implants fell out after several ineffective oral surgeries.
EDWARDSVILLE - A class action lawsuit alleges a facial recognition search engine that searches the internet for peoples' photos invades their privacy in violation of Illinois law.
EDWARDSVILLE – A class action lawsuit alleges C-Mac, Inc. violated employees' privacy under state law by requiring them to use a fingerprint reader system to clock in and out of work.
An awful, unconstitutional piece of legislation that should have been opposed by Democrats and Republicans alike passed unanimously in the Illinois House and Senate. It now goes to Gov. JB Pritzker for signature. The only significant opposition came from the ACLU of Illinois. They are right to oppose it.
BELLEVILLE – An Illinois woman has filed a class action lawsuit against the Ferrara Candy Co., claiming the company markets its cookies as being made with "real Madagascar Vanilla" when the product actually contains imitation vanilla.
