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Case Digests

Apr 3, 2023

TCPA

In this “junk fax” lawsuit under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA), which has landed before us for a second time, two hardware companies sued a hardware store supplier for sending three facsimile advertisements that the hardware stores alleged the supplier sent in violation of the TCPA, 47 U.S.C.A. § 227.

Apr 3, 2023

Class Action -Tuition Reimbursement

Omar Hernandez seeks a partial refund of the tuition and fees he (along with the members of the classes he would like to represent) paid to the Illinois Institute of Technology for the Spring 2020 semester.

Apr 3, 2023

Validity of Search Warrant

This direct criminal appeal presents an unusual question about the validity of a search warrant.

Mar 27, 2023

Worker’s Compensation

Petitioner Secura Supreme Insurance Company (Secura), which insured Daniel Keith Huck, seeks review of a published court of appeals decision that affirmed an order granting judgment to the Estate of Daniel Keith Huck (Estate). The supreme court affirms the court of appeals.

Mar 27, 2023

Disability Benefits-“Current annual salary”

The Milwaukee City Charter entitles firefighters injured on the job to duty disability retirement (DDR) benefits, which provide monthly wage replacement payments to firefighters unable to continue active service.

Mar 27, 2023

Parenting Rights-Postdisposition Relief

Ynez appeals the order terminating her parental rights to her daughters, Miranda and Beatriz, and the order denying postdisposition relief.

Mar 27, 2023

Evidence Sufficiency

Horne appeals from a judgment convicting him, following a jury trial, of third-degree sexual assault, intentionally subjecting an individual at risk to abuse likely to cause great bodily harm, aggravated battery, and obstructing an officer.

Mar 27, 2023

Postconviction Motion-Sentencing Guidelines

Husnik appeals from the denial of his postconviction motion for additional sentence credit, stemming from his no-contest pleas to two counts of delivery of cocaine.

Mar 27, 2023

ERISA 

On remand from Hughes v. Northwestern University, 142 S. Ct. 737 (2022), the Seventh Circuit reexamines plaintiffs’ allegations that plan fiduciary Northwestern breached its duty of prudence under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1104(a).

Mar 27, 2023

Election Law

In 2016, David Gill ran as an independent candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Illinois’s 13th Congressional District.

Mar 27, 2023

Prison Litigation Reform Act- Grievance Procedure

King is a pretrial detainee at the Cook County Jail. He sued Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart, Officer R. Szul, and Cook County for claims arising out of a March 29, 2019, incident in which another detainee punched him and threw hot coffee on him, causing third-degree burns.

Mar 27, 2023

Insurance 

Lorrie Meier sought to collect on a life insurance policy from Pacific Life Insurance Company following the death of her husband Ron.

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Should Steven Avery be granted a new evidentiary hearing?

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