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Jul 9, 2018

Breach of Contract

Henry Fiorentini is the owner and president of Panatech, Inc., a small technology company. When cancer treatment left him unable to perform his job, he received total disability benefits under a policy he held with the Paul Revere Life Insurance Company.

Jul 9, 2018

Court Error – Party to Contract

WeConnect, Inc. asks us to reverse the district court for making a factual mistake.

Jul 9, 2018

Sufficiency of Evidence

A jury convicted defendant‐appellant Donald S. Harden of conspiring to distribute heroin, the use of which resulted in the death of Fred Schnettler.

Jul 9, 2018

Breach of Contract – Statue of Limitations

In June 2003 Pain Center of SE Indiana contracted with a company called SSIMED LLC for medical-billing software and related services.

Jul 9, 2018

1st Amendment Violation

The City of Kenosha, Wisconsin, hired Comsys to be its information-technology department.

Jul 9, 2018

FLSA Violation

Anthony Simpkins sued the DuPage Housing Authority and DHA Management, Inc. (collectively, DHA), alleging various violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Illinois Minimum Wage Law (IMWL), the Illinois Employee Classification Act (IECA), the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (IPWA), and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

Jul 9, 2018

Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied

After a six-day trial, a jury convicted Larry Norton of conspiring to distribute and conspiring to possess with intent to distribute large quantities of heroin and cocaine.

Jul 9, 2018

Whistleblower Protection Act Violation

This federal whistleblower case presents our first review of a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board since Congress expanded judicial review beyond the Federal Circuit, at least temporarily.

Jul 9, 2018

Wrongful Termination – Whistleblower-protection

The University of Illinois fired plaintiff Kevin Carmody from his job as an information technology manager after printed copies of a professor’s privileged emails suspiciously ended up in Carmody’s home newspaper box.

Jul 9, 2018

EEOC Claim- Sufficiency of Evidence

Anthony Oliver sued his employer, Joint Logistics Managers, Inc., under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, alleging that it discriminated against him when it laid him off and when it hired another applicant to fill an open position.

Jul 9, 2018

Abuse of Discretion – Rule 11 and Rule 60

In 2012, Bennie Kennedy filed a lawsuit against his longtime employer, Schneider Electric.

Jul 9, 2018

1st Amendment Violation

Plaintiff Scott A. Milliman, Sr. is a former McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputy.

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