Illinois Settlements

• Sidley Austin LLP $39.4 million civil penalty paid to the IRS over tax shelter opinions. (May-29-07)
• Phil Katsinas Racial discrimination suit over Chief Illiniwek ends in a $22,500 settlement. (May-28-07)
• The Archdiocese of Chicago and the Order of St. Benedict Over $100,000 paid to victims of priest sexual abuse. (May-18-07)
• Kevin Pastrick Real estate fraud suit ends with a $150,000 payout. (May-18-07)
• Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District $1.1 million in damages in wrongful death lawsuit. (May-16-07)
• Rockford Catholic Diocese $2.2 million settlement in priest abuse lawsuit. (May-13-07)
• Chicago, IL $1.96 million to resolve claims in police shootout. (May-11-07)
• VOA Associates and Jacobs Facilities $1.4 million in construction breach of contract suit. (May-10-07)
• Cook County, IL Wrongful death of jail inmate results in $1 million compensation. (Apr-24-07)
• Stroger Hospital and Cook County, IL Wrongful death and medical negligence suit ends with almost $17 million in compensation. (Apr-23-07)
• Chicago, IL $8 million settlement awarded to two men for wrongful conviction. (Apr-13-07)
• Nicor Inc. Misleading accounting has company pay $10 million penalty by SEC. (Apr-2-07)
• J.McDaniel Transportation, Inc. $25,000 settlement for natural resource restoration. (Apr-2-07)
• Dynegy Inc. Land worth $2.25 million awarded as settlement for environment pollution. (Mar-30-07)
• Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 51 employees get $2 million in sexual harassment lawsuit. (Mar-26-07)
• Chicago City Hall $12 million fund to be paid out to individuals who were discriminated against in political hiring. (Mar-23-07)
• Chicago Police Department Family of a paraplegic man wrongfully shot and killed awarded $5 million. (Feb-21-07)
• US Xpress $7.4 million settlement after a father and daughter were killed in a trucking accident. (Jan-10-07)
• Normal, IL $750,000 settlement after a college student was shot and killed by a patrol officer. (Oct-19-06)
• City of Chicago, IL $1 million settlement for the coerced confession of a mentally handicapped man. (Oct-11-06)
• Archer Daniels Midland Co. $1.35 million penalty for violating federal clean air laws. (Oct-5-06)
• Accused Rapist $2.4 million settlement awarded to a rape victim. (Sep-6-06)
• TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Abbott Laboratories and Takeda Pharmaceutical $1.86 million settlement for over pricing Lupron. (Sep-1-06)
• Cook County $5.75 million wrongful death settlement awarded after a police car accident. (May-23-06)
• Sam's Wine and Spirits $300,000 fine for extorting money from liquor distributors. (May-19-06)
• Chicago Transit Authority $5 million settlement awarded to a university student run over by a bus. (Feb-23-06)
• Chicago Roman Catholic Archdiocese $125,000 settlement awarded to a women who was allegedly abused by three priests in 1971. (Feb-13-06)
• City of Chicago $1.75 million proposed settlement awarded to a boy who was shot in the head and left brain damaged by a police officer. (Feb-10-06)
• E2 Nightclub Tentative $1.5 million settlement after a bar fight left 21 people dead and 95 injured. (Feb-9-06)
• City of Chicago Proposed $9 million settlement to be awarded to an innocent man who spent 11 1/2 years in prison. (Jan-27-06)
• Village of Maywood $750,000 settlement awarded to an inmate who was beaten by his cell mate for 20 minutes without any help from jail guards. (Jan-16-06)
• City of Chicago $3 million proposed settlement to be awarded to a female construction worker who was left paralyzed after a concrete block crushed her back. (Dec-13-05)
• Bob Collins $410,000 settlement awarded to the family of a student pilot who was killed in a mid air collision with another plane. (Nov-9-05)
• Aon Corp. A $190 million settlement for insurance fraud. (Mar-7-05)
• DeGroot Dairy (contamination environmental regulations) (Nov-23-04)
• Heritage Bonds A $27.8 million global settlement for bondholders. (Jul-28-04)