Gene Davis

A federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois dismissed without prejudice a suit a man filed against his late wife’s former employer seeking death benefits.

The Illinois Supreme Court published seven opinions Thursday and one Friday in the last batch from the September term, including affirming a dismissal of a lawsuit filed by 22 southern and central Illinois school districts against Gov. J.B. Pritzker over inadequate funding.

An inmate with a learning disability at Stateville Correctional Center has a discrimination case against employees of the Illinois Department of Corrections for failing to provide him with reasonable accommodations to meaningfully participate in its educational programs, a federal judge ruled.

A federal judge declined to strike the class allegations from a lawsuit filed by passengers angered by United Airlines Inc.’s frequent flight cancellations since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

A Jewish inmate is likely to prevail on his claim that Illinois prison officials are violating his religious rights by refusing to provide him with a brand of kosher food that does not trigger symptoms like a swollen tongue and difficulty swallowing, a federal judge held.

Cardelle Spangler is tuned in to many of the most pertinent issues within the modern workplace. An employment litigator, she has addressed thorny topics on a national level, serving on the legal team for the United States Women’s National Soccer Team in their pursuit for equal pay, as well as bringing insight to concerns such as workplace harassment and COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

An Illinois appellate court threw out a man’s conviction for violating the state’s armed habitual criminal statute, ruling that the charge was improperly based in part on an act he committed as a juvenile.

Claims alleging violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act do not infringe on territory already occupied by other statutes, U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the Northern District of Illinois held.