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J. Kennelly partially grants Chicago’s motion for summary judgment on multiple employment discrimination claims from Black former employees of the Chicago Department of Water Management. The employees claims they faced racial discrimination, a hostile work environment, skipped promotions and missed overtime pay. The court finds for the city regarding the employees’ claims of discrimination involving missed promotions, overtime pay and poor shift assignments; it also dismisses three employees’ hostile work environment and discriminatory discipline claims. The remaining claims will proceed to trial.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Kennelly, Filed On: April 12, 2024, Case #: 1:17cv4858, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Kennelly grants a baby formula manufacturer’s motion to dismiss an unjust enrichment class action brought by a nationwide class of consumers. The consumers paid more for baby formula after the manufacturer instituted a mass voluntary recall of tainted formula and shut down the facility where the formula was produced. Despite this, the court finds the class has failed to state a claim, opining there is no law under which the manufacturer “was obligated to maintain particular levels of formula production and supply or otherwise ensure stable formula prices.”
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Kennelly, Filed On: April 12, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv4148, NOS: Personal Injury - Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury/Product Liability - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Product Liability, Business Practices, Class Action
J. Daniel denies a pro se litigant’s motion for sanctions against the Aurora police he says arrested him without probable cause, and who now have violated their discovery obligations. The court also denies the litigant’s motion for summary judgment on all his claims against the police, and mostly grants the police’s motion for judgment on the same claims. Of eight claims brought against multiple police and the city of Aurora itself, the court will allow only a single failure to intervene claim against one officer, and two indemnification and failure to train claims against the city, to move forward.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Daniel, Filed On: April 11, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv4606, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Sanctions, Indemnification, Police Misconduct
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J. Kocoras partially grants and partially denies both groups of window and curtain companies’ motions for summary judgment on the plaintiff companies’ patent claims against the defendants. The plaintiff companies alleges the defendant companies are infringing on their patents for a curtain wall system used for facades in high-rise buildings, which the defendants contest. The court splits the opposing motions for summary judgment; finding the defendants have not infringed on certain elements of the system but have infringed on others.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Kocoras, Filed On: April 9, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv6618, NOS: Insurance - Contract, Categories: Construction, Patent, Technology
J. Hunt grants a data analytics company’s motion to dismiss a privacy and fraud suit brought by immigration activists. The activists claim the data analytics company sells private consumer data to law enforcement, government agencies and businesses that places immigrants at heightened risk of stalking, identity theft and law enforcement targeting. However, the court agrees with the company that some of the activists have failed to sufficiently allege their claims, and others lack standing to bring their claims.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Hunt, Filed On: April 8, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv5384, NOS: Other Personal Property Damage - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Fraud, Privacy, Business Practices
J. Coleman denies a former post worker’s motion for summary judgment and partially denies the U.S. postmaster’s motion for summary judgment. The former postal worker says the post office did not accommodate her disabilities stemming from a workplace injury, and also discriminated against her due to her age. However, the court does not find she has sufficiently alleged her disability discrimination claim to warrant summary judgment. The court also dismisses her age discrimination and retaliation claims, finding the bad behavior she accuses her supervisors of do not amount to legal age discrimination and that her retaliation claim lacks supporting evidence.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Coleman, Filed On: April 5, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv4689, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Cole partially grants a former electronics salesman’s motion to compel his former employer, an electronics retailer, to produce a privilege log. The former electronic salesman claims his employer fired him over his disability and use of FMLA leave, and seeks documents that could corroborate his allegations of discrimination. The court instead asks the parties to confer “in good faith,” and reach a “negotiated result” over discovery within the next two weeks.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Cole, Filed On: April 3, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv2639, NOS: Family and Medical Leave Act - Labor, Categories: Ada / Rehabilitation Act, Discovery, Employment Discrimination
J. Kennelly grants a children’s clothing retailer’s motion to dismiss a consumer class action, brought by parents who say school uniforms they bought from the retailer contained polyfluoroalkyl substances. The court finds the parents lack standing to pursue injunctive relief, as they are now aware the uniforms contain the harmful substance. The court also finds the parents have failed to state an actionable claim.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Kennelly, Filed On: April 1, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv4899, NOS: Other Fraud - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Fraud, Consumer Law, Class Action
J. Blakey partially grants the sued software development company’s motion to dismiss the suing software development firm’s copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract claims. The suing firm claims one of its former employees used his knowledge of its programs to develop an almost identical research software to the one it markets, and launched the software with his competing company. The court dismisses the suing firm’s confidentiality and non-competition agreement breach claim, but allows all its other allegations to go forward.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Blakey, Filed On: March 29, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv676, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Copyright, Trade Secrets, Technology
J. Blakey partially grants a medical clinic’s motion to dismiss race discrimination, wrongful termination and Title VII claims brought by one of its former employees. The former employee, a Black single mother, claims she faced consistent racial discrimination from her supervisor, who would also leave disparaging comments regarding her daughter on social media. She eventually felt pressured to resign given the constant poor treatment. The court finds the former employee has sufficiently alleged all her claims save her Title VII caregiver discrimination allegation.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Blakey, Filed On: March 29, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv7012, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Kness grants a pharmacy chain’s motion to dismiss the government’s joint complaint and intervention, but denies the pharmacy chain’s motion to dismiss the relators’ third amended complaint. This suit involves the pharmacy chain’s alleged attempt to garner Medicare and Medicaid kickbacks by inducing Cook County patients to fill their prescriptions at one of its specialty pharmacy locations. The court finds the government’s intervention does not allege a proper theory of False Claims Act liability, but that the relators’ amended complaint does.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Kness, Filed On: March 29, 2024, Case #: 1:14cv1558, NOS: False Claims Act - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Fraud, Health Care, False Claims
J. Gottschall partially grants motions for summary judgment from both an insurance company and a consumer, in this suit over whether the company inappropriately called the consumer despite his number being registered in its “do not call” list. The court grants the consumer’s motion for judgment on the claim that the insurer’s actions were knowing and willful, and for his claim that the insurance company is liable for its contractors contacting the consumer. The court also dismisses a failure-to-identify claim against the insurance company, as the consumer has willingly abandoned it.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Gottschall, Filed On: March 28, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv7091, NOS: Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) - Other Suits, Categories: Communications, Insurance, Negligence
J. Blakey grants an asset management firm and its executives’ motions to dismiss counterclaims brought against them by one of the firm’s former managers. The asset management firm sued the former manager for breach of contract, fraud and trade secret misappropriation over his alleged lies to clients and intentional sabotage of business relationships. The former manager shot back with counterclaims of defamation, tortious interference and breach of fiduciary duty, but the court finds he has not sufficiently alleged any of these claims.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Blakey, Filed On: March 28, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv4269, NOS: Other Fraud - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Tort, Defamation, Interference With Contract
J. Blakey partially grants a trucking company’s motion to dismiss fraud, contract breach and Carmack Amendment claims brought by a couple whose interstate move was botched by the company. The court finds the couple have not sufficiently alleged their fraudulent misrepresentation and Illinois consumer fraud claims, but allows their claims under the Carmack Amendment and federal motor carrier safety regulations to stand.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Blakey, Filed On: March 28, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv531, NOS: Recovery of Overpayment & Enforcement of Judgment - Contract, Categories: Fraud, Transportation, Contract
J. Chang grants a Ford customer’s motion to consolidate his proposed consumer class action with another similar suit, but also grants Ford’s motion to transfer this case to the Eastern District of Michigan. The customer alleges Ford knowingly sold vehicles with faulty backup cameras, and that even following a recall, his own vehicle’s camera remained unrepaired. The court finds this case and another are sufficiently similar to warrant consolidation, but that Michigan, as the district where the cameras were manufactured, is the more appropriate venue.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Chang, Filed On: March 28, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv14027, NOS: Contract Product Liability - Contract, Categories: Product Liability, Venue, Class Action
J. Kendall grants an elevator mechanic union’s motion for summary judgment on a union member’s claims against it. The union member claims the union actively sabotaged his attempt to win his job back from his former employer, and protected the discriminatory behavior by his former employer that resulted in his termination. The court finds that all available evidence points to the union making a good faith effort to help its member, despite his claims to the contrary.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Kendall, Filed On: March 28, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv7696, NOS: Labor/Management Relations - Labor, Categories: Employment Discrimination, Labor / Unions, Labor
J. Blakey mostly denies the sued card shuffler supplier’s motion for summary judgment on antitrust and patent claims brought by the suing group of card shuffler suppliers. The court allows all the plaintiffs’ claims to move forward, save for one patent fraud claim regarding two prototype card shuffler devices, finding the plaintiffs have not provided sufficient evidence to back up their claims.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Blakey, Filed On: March 28, 2024, Case #: 1:19cv1846, NOS: Antitrust - Other Suits, Categories: Antitrust, Fraud, Patent
J. Kendall denies a group of turkey processors’ motion for summary judgment to dismiss an investment firm from this longrunning litigation over alleged turkey product price-fixing. The investment firm never bought any turkey products from the processors, instead having simply bought the antitrust claim from a now-bankrupt national food distributor years ago. The turkey processors argue this is champerty forbidden by state law, and that allowing the investment firm to continue in the suit despite merely speculating on the case’s outcome will greenlight litigation funders to further purchase claims and pursue them for profit. The court is unconvinced, finding nothing wrong with the investment firm’s litigation, as it is itself owned by another capital firm litigation funder.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Kendall, Filed On: March 28, 2024, Case #: 1:19cv8318, NOS: Antitrust - Other Suits, Categories: Antitrust, Banking / Lending, Contract