Latest Illinois Headlines
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Illinois Video Game Parlor Operator to Pay $92K Over Pay Discrimination Suit
May 30 2023 // Lacey’s Place LLC Series Midlothian, doing business as Lacey’s Place, which owns and operates more than 30 video gaming parlors in Illinois, will pay $92,964 and furnish other relief to settle a pay...
Illinois Catholic Clergy Abuse Report Could Prompt Lawsuits, Changes to State Law
May 26 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois’ attorney general has ended a five-year investigation into sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy in the state, releasing a nearly 700-page report that revealed the problem was far...
Report: Catholic Clergy Sexually Abused Illinois Kids More Often Than Church Said
May 25 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – More than 450 Catholic clergy in Illinois sexually abused nearly 2,000 children since 1950, the state’s attorney general found in an investigation released Tuesday, revealing that the problem was...
Lawsuit Over Trident ‘Original Flavor’ Gum Is Dismissed
May 22 2023 // A federal judge in Illinois has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Mondelez International Inc of deceiving consumers into believing its Trident “Original Flavor” gum contained real mint. U.S. District Judge Iain...
Ill. Supreme Ct. Clarifies Standard to Name Defendants in Malpractice Suits
May 22 2023 // More than 40 years ago, the Illinois legislature sought to reduce the number of defendants in medical malpractice actions by allowing plaintiffs to name health care providers as respondents for the purposes of discovery...
Declarations
May 22 2023 // Riskworld Safety “I wanted to bring this update to let everyone know that everyone at Riskworld is safe and sound. … We’ve unfortunately had to cancel the closing finale session simply out of an abundance...
Illinois and Indiana Latest States to Address Public Adjuster Reforms
May 18 2023 // Illinois became the latest state to pass public adjuster reform legislation when the Illinois Public Adjuster bill (SB 1495) passed both houses of the legislature and will move on to the governor. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb...
APCIA: Illinois Bill Significantly Would Have Detrimental Impact
May 16 2023 // An Illinois bill allowing punitive damages in wrongful death cases will increase already high litigation costs, the American Property Casualty Insurance Association and the Illinois Insurance Association say. The groups...
More States Adopting Professional Standards for Public Adjusters
May 16 2023 // A movement to establish professional standards for public adjusters gained ground this year, with lawmakers in five states passing bills that impose new controls over a trade that already requires a license in 46...
More States Adopted Professional Standards for Public Adjusters This Year
May 16 2023 // A movement to establish professional standards for public adjusters gained ground this year, with lawmakers in five states passing bills that impose new controls over a trade that already requires a license in 46...
Illinois Governor Signs Law Giving Benefits to Chicago First Responders Disabled by COVID
May 12 2023 // Gov. J.B. Pritzker this week signed a law providing full disability benefits to Chicago police officers and firefighters struck by COVID-19 before vaccines were available, presiding over an emotional statehouse ceremony...
ICW Group Launches Commercial Package Offering in Illinois
May 9 2023 // ICW Group Insurance Companies, a group of property and casualty carriers, announced the launch of its new commercial package insurance offering in Illinois with plans to expand throughout the U.S. The introduction of...
7th Circuit: D&O Insurer Must Pay Settlement for Drugmaker’s Kickback Case
May 9 2023 // Federal Insurance Co. must pay the $10 million policy limit in a directors and officers policy issued to Astellas Pharma, despite the carrier’s assertion that Illinois public policy forbids it from reimbursing the...
On Illinois Highway, Blinding Dust, Then ‘Crash After Crash’
May 4 2023 // DIVERNON, Ill. (AP) – Winds stirred up a wall of dust from farm fields that engulfed a stretch of busy interstate highway in a matter of minutes. The brown cloud’s intensity caked even the insides of vehicles...
Dust Storm Causes Crashes in Illinois, Leaving at Least 6 Dead
May 3 2023 // DIVERNON, Ill. (AP) – A windstorm in central Illinois kicked up dangerous clouds of blinding dust off farm fields Monday, causing numerous crashes that killed at least six people on Interstate 55, police said. The...
150 Years Later, Dixon, Illinois Bridge Collapse Among Nation’s Worst
May 2 2023 // DIXON, Ill. (AP) – Gertie Wadsworth was in the arms of her grandmother that bright day when sunshine dissolved distasteful memories of a long, brutal winter. Christan Goble held the 3 1/2-year-old girl in a crowd of...
Mississippi River Continues to Rise in Iowa, Illinois
May 1 2023 // DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – People living along the Mississippi River watched warily Sunday as water levels rose in southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois, awaiting spring crests as floodwaters began to slowly recede and...
Illinois Supreme Court: Union Workers Can’t Sue Under Biometric Law
Apr 17 2023 // Illinois’ top court said U.S. labor law bars unionized workers from suing their employers for violations of the state’s biometric privacy law, which can expose companies to massive penalties. The Illinois...
Illinois Nursing Facility to Pay $400K in Pregnancy Discrimination Case
Apr 13 2023 // Symphony Deerbrook, LLC will pay $400,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over conduct at its Symphony of Joliet...
Wright Flood Expands Private Flood Insurance Offering in Illinois
Apr 6 2023 // Wright National Flood Insurance Services has announced its entrance into Illinois by introducing an admitted, stand-alone private flood insurance product as the next state in the continued expansion of the company’s...
