13 results for 'judge:"Coleman"'.
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. Coleman grants an insurance company’s motion to strike a group of policyholders’ expert testimony, and denies the policyholders’ motion for class certification. The policyholders accuse the insurance company of charging excessive premiums during the Covid-19 pandemic, bringing fraud charges under Illinois law. The court, though, finds the policyholders have not established predominance or commonality of injury sufficient to form a class.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Coleman, Filed On: March 12, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv4306, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Fraud, Insurance, Class Action
J. Coleman grants a pizzeria franchise licensing company’s motion to dismiss counterclaims brought by a former franchisee. The licensing company initially brought suit against the franchisee after it claimed that he violated several elements of the pizzeria franchise agreement, terminating the agreement over the same issues. In response, the franchisee counter-sued for fraud and breach of contract, but the court finds he has not sufficiently alleged these claims.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Coleman, Filed On: February 23, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv2396, NOS: Franchise - Contract, Categories: Fraud, Business Practices, Contract
J. Coleman partially denies Chicago’s motions to dismiss numerous civil rights claims brought by a city worker. The worker opposes Chicago’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for city employees and refused to get it on religious freedom grounds, despite contracting Covid-19 in September 2020 and being hospitalized for nine days. The city denied his request for a religious exemption and, when he still refused the vaccine, was eventually put on “no pay status.” After reviewing the case, the court dismisses the employee’s 14th Amendment and Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience
Act claims, but allows his First Amendment, Illinois Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Illinois Human Rights Act and Title VII claims to stand.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Coleman, Filed On: January 2, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv650, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation, First Amendment
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J. Coleman denies a group of credit holders’ motion for class certification. The group claims a credit bureau misled them about the accuracy and popularity of its “VantageScore 1.0” credit score system, with the prospective class representative specifically alleging that he was denied a car loan because the bureau did not tell him that his VantageScore differed significantly from the FICO score that the auto loan dealer used. However, the court finds that the prospective class representative’s testimony is inconsistent, and that he has not sufficiently shown the adequacy of his proposed class.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Coleman, Filed On: October 12, 2023, Case #: 1:14cv1850, NOS: Consumer Credit - Other Suits, Categories: Consumer Law, Banking / Lending, Class Action
J. Coleman partially grants the sued HVAC manufacturer’s motion to dismiss numerous contract dispute claims brought by a mechanical contractor. The mechanical contractor accuses the manufacturer of supplying it with defective HVAC units, and then falsely blaming it for the resulting delay to the parties’ client. The court dismisses the contractor’s estoppel and breach of warranty claims, but allows the defamation and contract claims to move forward.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Coleman, Filed On: October 5, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv6421, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Defamation, Warranty, Contract
J. Coleman grants former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's motion to dismiss a civil rights complaint brought by a right-wing reporter who alleges violations of his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The reporter clashed with Lightfoot on numerous occasions, and following a shouting match between the pair at a press conference in July 2022, the Chicago police revoked his press credentials. The case is moot, as Lightfoot is no longer in office, and the reporter has not applied for new press credentials under new Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. Also, the reporter's aggressive behavior toward Lightfoot's security team, and not his "tough questions" to the former mayor, were the reason police revoked his credentials.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Coleman, Filed On: September 5, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv4533, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, First Amendment
J. Coleman partially grants an insurance company's motion for summary judgment on insurance pleadings brought by its clients in an underlying wrongful death action. The insurance company has a duty to defend and indemnify its clients in the underlying case, but not necessarily up to a $25,000 sublimit.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Coleman, Filed On: August 24, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv3816, NOS: Insurance - Contract, Categories: Insurance, Wrongful Death, Indemnification
J. Coleman finds the lower court improperly reversed the decision of a trial court. A police officer responding to an emergency call for a rollover collision was involved in a crash at an intersection. The driver of the vehicle that was struck filed suit on behalf of herself and her minor child who were both injured in the collision. The lower court found that the officer had acted with reckless disregard, but the trial court found that he did not; the instant court sides with the trial court, finding that sufficient evidence was presented to support its decision. Reversed.
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court, Judge: Coleman, Filed On: August 3, 2023, Case #: 2021-CT-00639-SCT, Categories: Evidence, Tort, Negligence