Illinois Settlements

• Unsafe Work Site Employee awarded $2.5 million personal injury settlement after suffering burns to his lower body. (Mar-3-08)
• Treasurer Embezzlement Mary Lou Puccio repays Warren Cheer and Pom Program $26,000 after stealing money. (Feb-23-08)
• Power Outages Exelon Corp. agrees to $55 million settlement in code violation dispute with the city of Chicago. (Jan-28-08)
• Officer Assault Chicago pays elderly man $125,000 personal injury settlement after being brutally beaten by a city police officer. (Jan-22-08)
• Wrongful Conviction Family of mentally challenged man awarded $700,000 settlement after his death. (Jan-9-08)
• Torture Charges Settled Chicago city and police department have agreed to pay $19.8 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the police tortured and coerced false confessions to murder from four suspects. (Dec-11-07)
• Political Termination Mother daughter duo awarded $325,000 settlement in wrongful termination and political discrimination lawsuit. (Dec-6-07)
• Salary Structure City of Peoria pays over $2 million for breaching previous settlement terms. (Nov-27-07)
• Homeless Arrest Forest Park awards man $50,000 after suffering from a broken wrist. (Nov-25-07)
• Apartment Fire Building owners and manager pay $6 million settlement after six children died in the blaze. (Nov-14-07)
• Twin Delivery Advocate Christ Hospital awards estate of brain damaged girl $6.25 million medical malpractice settlement. (Nov-9-07)
• FedEx Drivers FedEx Corp. pays $253,000 settlement to five employees for unfair labor practices. (Nov-8-07)
• Restaurant Fall Steam Plant Restaurant must pay man who broke his arm over $1 million personal injury settlement. (Oct-22-07)
• Knee Surgery Death Football player's family receives $1.7 million settlement after the 22-year-old died during post-op care. (Oct-18-07)
• Permanent Paraplegia Woman awarded $24 million settlement after an accident with a semi trailer left her paralyzed. (Oct-15-07)
• Libel Columnist Kane County Chronicle pays libel settlement to chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court. (Oct-15-07)
• Bond Trading Patent eSpeed pays Trading Technologies $3.5 million patent infringement settlement. (Oct-14-07)
• Inappropriate Police Officer Woman forced into acts to avoid being arrested. (Sep-21-07)
• Priest Abuse Fifteen-year-old boy awarded $1.65 million settlement. (Sep-21-07)
• Harvey, IL $400,000 settlement in racial discrimination lawsuit. (Sep-16-07)
• Saint Joseph Medical Center and Dr. Ahsan Niazi $1.6 million settlement in medical malpractice lawsuit. (Sep-10-07)
• Chicago, IL $650,000 settlement in wrongful death lawsuit. (Sep-8-07)
• Dancers owner Michael Crissman $135,000 settlement in Adult Use Ordinance violation lawsuit. (Sep-7-07)
• Four Points by Sheraton Chicago O'Hare Airport $3.1 million settlement in wrongful death lawsuit. (Sep-7-07)
• Dana Corp. A part settlement of $78 million in retiree benefit lawsuit. (Sep-6-07)
• Morningstar Inc. $3.2 million settlement in employment dispute case. (Sep-5-07)
• D. Dean Mauro $400,000 settlement in defamation lawsuit. (Sep-4-07)
• Westfield Insurance Co. $450,000 settlement in insurance cover lawsuit. (Aug-23-07)
• Waukegan, IL $180,000 settlement in police excessive force lawsuit. (Aug-17-07)
• MacNeal Hospital $400,000 settlement in medical negligence lawsuit. (Aug-13-07)
• Lake in The Hills, IL $287,000 settlement in construction contract dispute. (Aug-8-07)
• Navistar International $9 million settlement in racial discrimination and harassment lawsuit. (Aug-7-07)
• University of Illinois, CEDA, and the Urbana & Champaign Sanitary District $566,000 settlement in environmental damage lawsuit. (Aug-6-07)
• Chicago, IL $8.7 million settlement in salary related case. (Jul-31-07)
• Macon County, IL $10 million settlement in railroad real estate lawsuit. (Jul-30-07)
• Dr. Hicham Riba $1 million settlement in medical malpractice lawsuit. (Jul-20-07)
• STL International $5 million settlement in exercise equipment personal injury lawsuit. (Jul-12-07)
• Casper's Electronics $74,000 in civil penalties for violating federal Clean Air Act. (Jul-12-07)
• Pneumo Abex Corp. $3.8 million settlement in asbestos related wrongful death suit. (Jun-26-07)
• Dr. James Morrone & Glen Ellyn Family Dental Clinic $1.1 million paid out to resolve wrongful death lawsuit. (Jun-22-07)
• Urbana, IL $64,000 paid for unused sick leave and vacation pay in employment suit. (Jun-13-07)
• Pizza Hut $311,700 settlement in personal injury lawsuit. (Jun-7-07)
• La Salle County, IL $200,000 settlement in tort fund related lawsuit. (Jun-7-07)
• Champaign County, IL $100,000 settlement in wrongful termination lawsuit. (Jun-6-07)
• Michael Polsky $184 million divorce settlement makes US Matrimonial Law history. (Jun-5-07)
• Lake Land College District Over $128,167 paid as severance settlement in employment termination case. (Jun-4-07)
• Tazewell County, IL Sexual harassment suit ends in a $100,000 settlement. (Jun-1-07)
• Par Development Inc. $179,000 settlement paves way for infrastructure development project. (May-30-07)
• Archdiocese of Chicago $6.65 million settlement in priest sexual abuse lawsuit. (May-30-07)
• Bloomin' Apple Rockford I LLC Sexual harassment suit costs restaurant chain $365,000. (May-29-07)