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J. Dugan grants a widow's motion for a default judgment on wrongful death claims against a third-party seller on Amazon. The widow sufficiently showed in court that the Amazon seller sold defective, electrically heated socks labeled as "good for blood circulation," which resulted in the death of her husband, who contracted sepsis after his feet became burned and wounded. The estate is awarded $9.7 million in damages.
Court: USDC Southern District of Illinois, Judge: Dugan, Filed On: December 15, 2023, Case #: 3:20cv1287, NOS: Personal Injury - Product Liability - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Negligence, Product Liability, Wrongful Death
J. Rosenstengel denies a crop protection manufacturer's motion to compel compliance with a third- party subpoena. A class of civilians, who suffer from Parkinson's disease due to exposure of herbicide paraquat, sufficiently showed in court that the crop protection manufacturer is not entitled to review documents, and work papers written by a neurologist.
Court: USDC Southern District of Illinois, Judge: Rosenstengel, Filed On: December 4, 2023, Case #: 3:23cv3204, NOS: Personal Injury - Product Liability - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Negligence, Experts, Class Action
J. Beatty rules a former employee may pursue ADA claims against an electrical contractor, but not an energy company worksite contractor. The former employee, a disabled veteran who suffers from PTSD, sufficiently showed in court that the electrical contractor send a company wide email with a "middle finger emoji" to employees accusing him of defamation.
Court: USDC Southern District of Illinois, Judge: Beatty, Filed On: October 5, 2023, Case #: 3:19cv1185, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities-Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Ada / Rehabilitation Act, Employment, Employment Retaliation
J. Beatty rules a group of expert witnesses may partly submit opinions in court concerning a patient who suffered a miscarriage of a fetus with abnormal chromosomes, which could have been discovered in genetic screening of the father, who has four- way translocation. The group of expert witnesses may submit opinions of standard of care, but not theories of independent conception.
Court: USDC Southern District of Illinois, Judge: Beatty , Filed On: September 29, 2023, Case #: 3:20cv10, NOS: Personal Injury - Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury/Product Liability - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Health Care, Experts, Medical Malpractice
J. Sison rules a County employee may pursue civil rights claims against the State of Illinois. The County employee, who was fired for refusing to wear a mask during the Covid-19 pandemic, sufficiently showed in court that the State may have wrongfully charged him for insurance premiums that were not withheld from his paychecks.
Court: USDC Southern District of Illinois, Judge: Sison, Filed On: September 26, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv2534, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Employment, Covid-19
J. Dugan rules a former student may pursue deliberate indifference claims against a school district. The former student sufficiently showed in court that the district failed to prevent school employees, several teachers and coaches, from engaging in sexually inappropriate behavior toward female students, which included rape and other forms of sexual abuse.
Court: USDC Southern District of Illinois, Judge: Dugan, Filed On: September 25, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv2727, NOS: Education - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Education, Tort
J. Sison denies a grain elevator company's motion for summary judgment concerning a former employee's retaliation claims. The former employee, who suffered injuries on the job, presented sufficient evidence in court that his employer terminated him for filing for worker's compensation benefits.
Court: USDC Southern District of Illinois, Judge: Sison , Filed On: September 5, 2023, Case #: 3:21cv820, NOS: Other Personal Injury - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Employment, Employment Retaliation, Workers' Compensation
[Consolidated.] J. Beatty rules a former employee may pursue ADA claims against an electric company, but not an energy supplier. The former employee, a foreman, sufficiently showed in court that the electric company failed to accommodate his post- traumatic stress disorder, which is the result of experiences he suffered while serving in the military.
Court: USDC Southern District of Illinois, Judge: Beatty, Filed On: August 31, 2023, Case #: 3:19cv1182, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities-Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Ada / Rehabilitation Act, Employment, Military