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High court to decide on actual injury question, teacher’s conduct
Among the five civil cases that the Illinois Supreme Court will hear during its September term is a class action suit that does not allege actual injury and another that involves a teacher seeking immunity for allegedly negligent supervision.
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Immigrants now subject to ‘anti-Americanism’ screening
Immigrants seeking a legal pathway to live and work in the United States will now be subject to screening for “anti-Americanism,” authorities said Tuesday, raising concerns among critics that it gives officers too much leeway in rejecting foreigners based on a subjective judgment.
By Corey Williams and Valerie Gonzalez
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Cook jury awards $5.8M for man’s chemical burns from wet cement
A Cook County jury awarded $5.8 million to a man who sustained severe chemical burns from wet cement after a delivery driver for a cement company allegedly failed to warn him of the dangers of working with it.
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Barrett praises lawyers’ collegiality in Chicago address
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told an audience in Chicago that she has been pondering an aspect of the practice of law that sets it apart from other professions.
