17 results for 'judge:"Blakey"'.
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. 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
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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. Blakey partially grants a Navy equipment manufacturer’s motion for summary judgment on a Navy veteran’s asbestos claims. The veteran contracted mesothelioma after years of exposure to asbestos while serving in the Navy, with the manufacturer’s gaskets being a prime source. The court finds for the manufacturer on the veteran’s willful and wanton conduct claim, but allows the veteran’s negligence and strict liability claims to go forward.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Blakey, Filed On: January 31, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv4316, NOS: Asbestos Personal Injury Product Liability - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Veterans, Product Liability, Asbestos
J. Blakey denies several sports apparel companies’ motion for summary judgment on their affirmative defense against the University of Illinois, in a fight over use of the university’s discontinued “Chief Illiniwek” logo, which depicted an indigenous American man wearing a war bonnet. Though the university retired the logo 15 years ago, it still maintains control of the trademark and opposes the apparel company’s attempts to sell merchandise stamped with the logo. The court finds factual disputes make summary judgment on the apparel company’s affirmative defense, that the university abandoned the logo, inappropriate.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Blakey, Filed On: September 29, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv6546, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: Education, Trademark, Native Americans
J. Blakey partially grants a spinal implant manufacturer's motion to dismiss a product liability suit brought by a patient whose implant collapsed inside her. The court allows the patient's strict liability, failure to warn and manufacturing defect claims against the manufacturer to survive, but dismisses her spoliation claim. Contrary to plaintiff's assertion, the court finds that the manufacturer simply taking possession of the patient's implant after it had been extracted does not in and of itself constitute spoliation.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Blakey, Filed On: September 27, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv6049, NOS: Personal Injury - Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury/Product Liability - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Health Care, Product Liability
J. Blakey partially grants a freight company's motion to dismiss wage and lease law violation claims brought by several of the company's former drivers and the trucking contractor group they belong to. The drivers claim the company illegally deducted as much of 73% of their agreed-upon pay rate through various underhanded fees, but the court finds the individual drivers have not sufficiently alleged that the company violated Truth-in-Leasing regulations. The Truth-in-Leasing violation claims stand as to the trucking contractor group as a whole. The individual drivers' wage law violation claims also stand.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Blakey, Filed On: September 25, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv910, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Transportation, Contract, Labor