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Post Cereals can't entirely dump suit over how much cereal is in boxes of Fruity, Cocoa Pebbles

By Scott Holland |
Judge Stephen McGlynn said more proceedings are required before Post can end the class action lawsuit over claims the company misled consumers about the quantity of cereal in its boxes.

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Lawsuit: Champaign abortion doc left 'half of pre-born baby' in woman's body post-abortion

By Jonathan Bilyk |
An Ohio doctor, who runs an abortion clinic in Champaign, has been accused of severely injuring a woman during an abortion, by allegedly perforating her uterus and leaving half of the unborn baby lodged in her pelvis, and then ignoring her requests for help amid the complications

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Judge: Fed transportation law doesn't shield paratransit company from IL genetic privacy class action

By Scott Holland |
A federal judge ruled employers can follow federal rules on screening prospective drivers without violating Illinois' genetics privacy law, meaning transportation companies can't use federal law and regulations to beat potentially costly class action lawsuits for asking about drivers' family medical histories.

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Appeals court: D189 broke law by refusing to bus Catholic school students like public school students

By Scott Holland |
A state appeals court said a St. Clair County judge got the law wrong and East St. Louis District 189 must bus students from Bowman Catholic school just as it buses students from D189's schools.

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Man sues Casey's over slip-and-fall injury

By Madison County Record |
A man has filed a lawsuit against Casey's Retail Company in Madison County Circuit Court, alleging he sustained severe injuries after slipping and falling on ice at Casey's Wood River store.

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Ex-SIU staffer hits school with discrimination suit for denying her work-from-home for anxiety, depression

By Madison County Record |
A former employee of SIU has filed a lawsuit against the university's Board of Trustees, alleging discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Female flight nurse says Carle Foundation wrongly fired her after she became pregnant

By Madison County Record |
Shelby Scholes, a former flight nurse, has filed a discrimination lawsuit against Carle Foundation Hospital, alleging wrongful termination due to her pregnancy.

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Belleville Boot Co. hit with transgender discrimination suit

By Madison County Record |
A transgender employee has filed a lawsuit against Belleville Boot Company alleging discrimination and harassment based on gender identity.

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Pipe maker J-M says big asbestos firm Simmons Hanly shouldn't escape lawsuit fraud claims

By Jonathan Bilyk |
J-M Manufacturing is pushing back against efforts by prominent asbestos law firm Simmons Hanly Conroy to end J-M's lawsuit accusing Simmons of a racket of "sham" asbestos lawsuits. The Simmons firm claims such racketeering claims aren't allowed against law firms over such litigation activities

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Judge: Speedway will need settlement or trial to end class action over worker fingerprint scans

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A federal judge rejected attempts by Speedway to avoid paying out millions of dollars or more to as many as 7,200 workers at its Illinois stores for allegedly wrongly requiring them to scan their fingerprints when punching the clock at work, as part of a class action under Illinois' biometrics privacy law

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Highway worker who sued over Mascoutah highway crash doesn't need surgery, after all, attorney says

By Steve Korris |
Shortly after attorneys for an Oregon truck driver moved to take the case from St. Clair County court to federal court, a lawyer representing a highway worker allegedly injured in a construction zone crash says he expects his injuries will be far less costly, so the case belongs back in St. Clair court, not federal

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Rosenstengel says US Steel can't avoid testifying about policies, practices for disabled workers

By Steve Korris |
The judge said she will allow plaintiffs to question US Steel representatives under oath and consolidate two cases concerning treatment of injured workers at its Granite City plant

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Biometrics privacy claims vs FaceApp must go to arbitration, not class action: Judge

By Scott Holland |
Phone software came used 'hybridwrap' technology to collect user consent

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Arbitration agreements may defeat OT wage class action vs retail merchandising biz

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A Springfield judge sided with Taylorville-based Driveline Retail Merchandising in dispute with merchandisers from throughout U.S. who accused company of shorting wages and OT under federal and state law

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IDOT worker sues trucker over construction zone accident

By Madison County Record |
An Illinois Department of Transportation worker has filed a lawsuit against a truck driver over an accident in a construction zone near Macoutah.

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Class action accuses Bob Evans of not properly paying workers

By Madison County Record |
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Bob Evans Restaurants, LLC, alleging that the company failed to properly compensate its employees for overtime work.

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Lawsuit: Grafton Skytour operators cut pregnant worker's hours, then ultimately terminated her

By Madison County Record |
A woman has filed a lawsuit against the operators of Grafton Skytour, alleging that her employer reduced her working hours and eventually terminated her employment after she disclosed her pregnancy

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Farmer owes $7.4M to Monsanto for allegedly taking company's soybean seeds

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A Springfield federal judge says a Carlinville farmer afraid of getting stiffed in deal over contract to grow herbicide-resistant soybeans for Monsanto to distribute to retailers improperly took a portion of the crop to use to raise his own crop the following year