12 results for 'judge:"Maldonado"'.
J. Maldonado denies an Illinois city and its police officers’ motion for new trial, judgment or remittitur of damages. A jury previously found the city and its police liable for falsely imprisoning a man and violating his Fourth Amendment rights, and awarded the man over $3 million in damages. The court found the jury properly arrived at its verdict and issued appropriate damages.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Maldonado, Filed On: May 2, 2024, Case #: 1:17cv4699, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Malicious Prosecution, Damages, Police Misconduct
J. Maldonado denies a home owner’s motion to amend their long-delayed RICO complaint against a bank and assorted real estate interests, and furthermore dismisses the complaint for lack of jurisdiction. The court finds it lacks jurisdiction over some of the real estate interests, and that there’s little indication the home owner's amended complaint would address the generally unactionable allegations of the complaint currently before the court.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Maldonado, Filed On: March 21, 2024, Case #: 1:15cv10610, NOS: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) - Other Suits, Categories: Real Estate, Jurisdiction, Racketeering
J. Maldonado partially grants a university board’s motion to dismiss employment discrimination claims brought by an employee of the university’s health care and hospital system. The employee, a middle-aged Black woman, claimed she faced race and age-related discrimination at work, was unfairly targeted by her superiors for criticism, and faced retaliatory discipline for formally complaining about this treatment to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The court finds the employee has not sufficiently alleged her state law claim under the Illinois Gender Violence Act, or her adverse action claim. The rest of her claims against her employer stand.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Maldonado, Filed On: February 27, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv1410, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Health Care, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
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J. Maldonado grants hip-hop artist French Montana’s motion for summary judgment on copyright claims brought by the suing hip-hop artist, Hotwire the Producer. Hotwire accused French Montana of ripping off his copyrighted song “Hood* Pushin’ Weight” to make the hit single “Ain’t Worried About Nothin,” which has more than 100 million hits on Montana’s official YouTube channel alone. After several years of legal fights, the court has found there’s some similarity in the underlying sounds and melodies of the two songs, but that those similarities are insufficient to create a triable issue of fact on Hotwire’s copyright infringement claims.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Maldonado, Filed On: January 4, 2024, Case #: 1:19cv2321, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright
J. Maldonado denies a tea shop’s motion to dismiss multiple employment law violation claims brought by one of its former employees. She says she was underpaid, that the tea shop falsely classified her as an independent contractor and that she suffered repeated incidents of sexual abuse from a coworker even after complaining to her supervisor about it. The court finds she has sufficiently alleged these claims, and allows them to move forward.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Maldonado, Filed On: November 30, 2023, Case #: 1:23cv1793, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Employment Discrimination, Assault
J. Maldonado grants in part the National Nurses Organizing Committee’s motion to dismiss race discrimination and retaliation under Title VII claims brought by a former registered nurse. The former nurse, a Black woman, alleges she was sexually assaulted by a county jail detainee and was fired after filing an incident report. The committee failed to perform proper duties and did do them with a discriminatory intent. The county’s motion to dismiss is denied in full.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Maldonado, Filed On: October 26, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv3232, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment Discrimination, Assault, Employment Retaliation
J. Maldonado partially grants a freight company’s motion for summary judgment on one of its former employees’ sexual harassment, hostile work environment and retaliatory termination claims. The former employee, a man, claims one of his male coworkers repeatedly made unwanted advances on him until eventually he snapped and asked if his coworker was a “f*****.” The court finds the former employee has plausibly alleged sexual harassment and hostile work environment, but finds the company was justified in firing him for using a homophobic slur while on the clock.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Maldonado, Filed On: September 28, 2023, Case #: 1:18cv3733, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation