15 results for 'judge:"Hunt"'.
J. Hunt, in this complex contract disagreement between the suing painting service franchisor and sued painting service franchisee, grants the franchisor’s motion for summary judgment on the franchisee’s false inducement counterclaims, and denies both parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment on the franchisor’s breach of contract and guaranty claims. The court finds the language of the franchise contract is too ambiguous to justify either a false inducement claim or a definitive summary judgment for either party on contract and guaranty breach claims.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Hunt, Filed On: May 10, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv4919, NOS: Franchise - Contract, Categories: Business Practices, Contract
J. Hunt grants the defendant Chinese e-commerce platform’s motion to dismiss a trademark complaint brought by the plaintiff Chinese fitness equipment manufacturer. The equipment manufacturer owns the trademark for “FitBeast,” displayed on its grip strengtheners, and claims the defendant has helped counterfeiters sell knock-off FitBeast products on its platform. The court finds the plaintiff has not sufficiently alleged these claims.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Hunt, Filed On: April 29, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv2793, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: Commerce, Trademark, Business Practices
J. Hunt partially grants the Chicago Board of Education’s motion to dismiss multiple civil rights claims brought by a former employee. The former employee claims the board fired him in retaliation for prior charges he brought, over the board not accommodating his disabilities. The court mostly dismisses his retaliation and ADA discrimination claims, as he had pulled a girl out of class by her wrist and school officials overheard him speaking unprofessionally about a suicidal student, but allows a portion of his claim under the Illinois Whistleblower Act to proceed.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Hunt, Filed On: April 29, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv73, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities-Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Ada / Rehabilitation Act, Whistleblowers, Employment Retaliation
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J. Hunt grants a data analytics company’s motion to dismiss a privacy and fraud suit brought by immigration activists. The activists claim the data analytics company sells private consumer data to law enforcement, government agencies and businesses that places immigrants at heightened risk of stalking, identity theft and law enforcement targeting. However, the court agrees with the company that some of the activists have failed to sufficiently allege their claims, and others lack standing to bring their claims.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Hunt, Filed On: April 8, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv5384, NOS: Other Personal Property Damage - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Fraud, Privacy, Business Practices
J. Hunt grants the suing boiler-leasing company’s motion to dismiss the defendant power plant operator’s counterclaims of fraud. The boiler company sued the plant operator after the plant operator returned one of its leased boilers in damaged condition; the operator in turn claimed the boiler was never in as good of condition as the boiler company claimed. The court finds the power plant operator has failed to sufficiently back up its fraud counterclaims, and dismisses them with prejudice.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Hunt, Filed On: March 14, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv1353, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Fraud, Property, Contract
J. Hunt partially grants the defendant daycare operator’s motion for summary judgment on multiple contract breach, fraud and misrepresentation claims brought by an Iranian investor. The investor hoped to use his investments into the defendants’ prospective childcare franchises to become a permanent U.S. resident, and sued for multiple counts after the franchises fell apart. The court denies the operator’s motion for summary judgment on the investor’s breach of contract and and partially denies the motion as to his fraudulent misrepresentation claims, but grants the motion as to the investor’s negligent misrepresentation claims, his Franchise Disclosure Act claims, and his requests for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Hunt, Filed On: January 29, 2024, Case #: 1:19cv3402, NOS: Franchise - Contract, Categories: Fraud, Business Practices, Contract
J. Hunt grants a university board of trustees’ motion for summary judgment on a former university police officer’s Fair Medical Leave Act claims. The former officer claims he was fired for taking FMLA leave in the summer of 2021, but the court finds the trustee board provided sufficient evidence to show the officer was fired because of repeated attendance violations, among other offenses.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Hunt, Filed On: January 26, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv6667, NOS: Family and Medical Leave Act - Labor, Categories: Education, Employment Retaliation, Police Misconduct
J. Hunt denies a school board’s motion to dismiss intentional infliction of emotional distress and failure to protect claims, brought by the parent of a bullied child. Over the course of several years, the child suffered repeated acts of physical and sexual assault by other students, including being stabbed with pencils, being kicked and punched, and having his genitals groped. The parent says teachers and staff knew of these incidents and were indifferent to them, and the court finds the parent alleged these claims sufficiently to survive dismissal motions.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Hunt, Filed On: January 16, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv4745, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Negligence, Emotional Distress, Assault
J. Hunt denies a hospital system’s motion to dismiss a former medical assistant’s disability discrimination, Fair Medical Leave Act and retaliation claims. The medical assistant has a heart condition that makes it harder for her to travel, which she claims the hospital system ignored. She also claims the hospital singled her out for scrutiny and punishment, eventually firing her, because she took FMLA leave to tend to her sick grandmother. The court finds she has adequately alleged these claims, and so denies the hospital’s motion to dismiss them.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Hunt, Filed On: December 18, 2023, Case #: 1:23cv1474, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Health Care, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Hunt partially grants the federal government’s motion to dismiss a negligence suit brought by a trucking company whose driver caused a fatal car crash after he suffered a heart attack behind the wheel. A year before the crash, a medical examiner from the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration cleared the driver for duty with a bogus medical report that omitted how the driver had major heart surgery several years prior. The court dismisses the indemnification claim against the federal government, but the remaining negligence claims survive.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Hunt, Filed On: November 14, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv3747, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Government, Negligence, Medical Malpractice
J. Hunt denies a foreign company’s motion to stay in this declaratory judgment foreign proceeding lawsuit brought by an information system company. The court is requested to stay in this proceeding for the following reasons: “(1) resolution of the Indian contract case under the principle of ‘international comity,’ and (2) confirmation that [the company] has authority to engage in this litigation.” The foreign company failed to verify the authority of the applicable law to engage in this lawsuit.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Hunt, Filed On: October 26, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv61, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: International Law, Due Process, Contract
J. Hunt grants in part the company’s motion to dismiss a class action brought by consumers who say Sealy-brand bedsheet sets are falsely and misleadingly advertised. The motion is granted with respect to the consumers’ claims under the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act and unjust enrichment. The consumers failed to have a warranty claim because “the phrase ‘1250 thread count sheet set’ does not warrant that the sheets are defect-free or will perform for a specified level over a specific time.”
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Hunt, Filed On: October 23, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv2937, NOS: Other Fraud - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Fraud, Class Action, False Advertising
J. Hunt partially grants a group of Doe stock market traders' motions to dismiss securities fraud claims brought by a stock broker firm. The firm claims the Doe traders made and cancelled trades in rapid succession amid a market dip in 2015, creating a false market midpoint for S&P 500 index options and allowing the Does to sell the put options at artificially inflated prices. The stock firm has plausibly alleged its manipulation, scienter and loss causation claims, but not its Illinois Securities Laws of 1953 violation claim.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Hunt, Filed On: July 27, 2023, Case #: 1:20cv4947, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Fraud, Securities, Trade