56 results for 'court:"USDC Central District of Illinois"'.
J. Hawley rules a corrections center mental health worker may pursue sexual harassment claims against a county. The mental health worker, who is a Black female, sufficiently showed in court that corrections center employees sexually harassed her by commenting on her protruding nipples, claiming that they were a problem.
Court: USDC Central District of Illinois, Judge: Hawley, Filed On: March 28, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv1075, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Employment
J. Darrow grants a group of estate administrators, police departments, and City of Peoria's motion for summary judgment concerning a deceased former inmate who's conviction was vacated for new evidence. The group sufficiently showed in court that the deceased former inmate's estate administrator agreed to a binding settlement in 1973, which precludes new claims against them.
Court: USDC Central District of Illinois, Judge: Darrow, Filed On: March 27, 2024, Case #: 1:18cv1161, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Administrative Law, Evidence
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J. Lawless denies both an independent administrator and a police officer's motion to bar testimony of each other's expert witnesses concerning police practices and excessive force claims. Both parties failed to sufficiently challenge the qualifications of each others' experts. The fact that an expert has testified in many other similar police misconduct cases does not make his testimony inherently questionable.
Court: USDC Central District of Illinois, Judge: Lawless, Filed On: March 15, 2024, Case #: 2:17cv2183, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Experts
J. Darrow rules a railway company employee may pursue ADA claims against his employer. The track maintenance laborer, who suffers from ulcerative colitis, sufficiently showed in court that the railway company cut off all communications with him during his FMLA leave, before attempting to strong arm him into resigning.
Court: USDC Central District of Illinois, Judge: Darrow, Filed On: March 5, 2024, Case #: Nache, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities-Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Ada / Rehabilitation Act, Employment, Employment Discrimination
J. Darrow grants a group of union trustees' motion to dismiss an electrical contractor's bid for reconsideration. The trustees sufficiently showed in court that the electrical contractor failed to pay past due contributions, damages, and attorney's fees.
Court: USDC Central District of Illinois, Judge: Darrow, Filed On: February 26, 2024, Case #: 4:18cv4045, NOS: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) - Labor, Categories: Damages, Contract, Labor / Unions
J. Shadid rules an employee may pursue ADA claims against his former employer, a fabrication company. The employee, who claims he suffered eye injuries on the job, sufficiently showed in court that his former employer fired him without explanation.
Court: USDC Central District of Illinois, Judge: Shadid , Filed On: December 20, 2023, Case #: 1:23cv1103, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Ada / Rehabilitation Act, Employment, Employment Discrimination