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Presence Health Network allegedly collected employee fingerprint …

WebA woman has filed a class action lawsuit against Presence Health Network, alleging the operator of a dozen hospitals violated a state privacy law when it scanned …

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Advocate Health hit by class action over questions about …

WebOne of Illinois' largest health care systems has become one of the most recent targets of a growing number of class action lawsuits accusing them of allegedly …

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How to Prepare for New State Health Privacy Laws on March 12, …

WebNew state privacy laws regulating health data impose significant obligations and heightened risks. In addition to existing laws in California, Colorado and other

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Melrose Park settles to end Westlake Hospital legal fight for $1.5M

WebAfter nearly a year and a half of litigation and stops in county and federal courtrooms in Chicago and Delaware, the village of Melrose Park has agreed to accept …

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Judge OKs $29M deal to end class action vs Ascension Health over

WebIn the wake of last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that religiously-affiliated hospitals can qualify for exemption from certain federal pension rules, a Chicago federal …

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Class action lawsuit filed against Cook County Health and …

WebAn Illinois woman has filed a class action lawsuit against Cook County Health and Hospitals System and a health information technology firm, claiming that her …

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Appeals panel: Changes to IL Conscience law allow employers to …

WebA state appeals court agreed that Advocate Health can fire workers who refuse to get a Covid vaccine, because Gov. JB Pritzker and state lawmakers in …

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Suit alleges HCSC uses faulty guidelines to deny claims for …

WebA woman has filed for a class action in Chicago federal court against one of the nation’s largest health insurance administrators, alleging the licensee of Blue Cross …

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Defendants in suit over herbal supplements re-file legal …

WebA Chicago law firm and its two name partners are facing a lawsuit over claims they agreed to a $2.5 million settlement in a case over herbal diet supplements without …

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Franciscan Alliance sued for medical malpractice

WebFranciscan Alliance facilities are facing suit over claims they provided inadequate medical care. Ronald Henchel and Linda Novak, as independent co …

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CTA retirees poised to get $53M to end class action over …

WebAbout 6,350 former CTA workers, or in some cases, their surviving heirs, could be in line for payouts worth thousands of dollars apiece, while their lawyers could …

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Attorneys announce $35M settlement with Northshore in lawsuit …

WebA Cook County family has agreed to accept a $35 million settlement to end a lawsuit accusing Northshore University Health System and an embattled ex-doctor of …

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Cook County judge won't upset $363M verdict awarded to one …

WebWillowbrook woman Susan Kamuda has blamed her cancer diagnosis on emissions from Sterigenics' now-shuttered Willowbrook medical device sterilization plant

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NorthShore to pay $10M to settle Covid vax mandate lawsuit; …

WebHospital workers who were fired by NorthShore University Health System for not receiving a Covid-19 vaccine, or who were forced by NorthShore against their will to …

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Appeals panel: City retirees can press lawsuit vs Chicago City Hall

WebAn appeals court will allow Chicago municipal retirees, who claim the city owes them constitutionally-required subsidized health insurance, to continue their lawsuit …

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'Loud and furious debate': IL Right of Conscience lawsuits to test

WebNorthShore University Health System is just the latest in a mounting number of Illinois employers that should expect to be threatened with lawsuits under Illinois state …

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Appeals panel upholds record $42M verdict vs Advocate for …

WebA state appeals panel has upheld a $42.4 million in favor of the family of a quadriplegic man who the courts determined died as a result of miscommunication by …

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Judge OKs $10M deal ending class action vs NorthShore from …

WebNorthShore University Health System, which operates six hospitals in Chicago and its northern suburbs, will pay more than $10 million to hundreds of workers …

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Northshore to pay $55M to settle antitrust class action from 24 …

WebNorthshore University Health System, which recently became part of a new larger hospital and health system known as Endeavor Health, has agreed to pay $55 …

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