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Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX airliners sit at the Southern Logistics Airport in March 2020, in Victorville, Calif. Southwest temporarily stored its 737 MAX fleet due to the worldwide grounding order as a result of a faulty automated flight control system which is suspected to have contributed to the types crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia that killed 346 people. – Barry Ambrose/Icon Sportswire via AP Images

Attendants’ suit over grounded jets tossed 

Flight attendants who maintain they lost income as a result of the grounding of Boeing’s 737 MAX aircraft do not have a case against the plane-manufacturing giant, a federal judge held.
By Patricia Manson
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High court highlights: The January docket

The Illinois Supreme Court returns for its January 2021 term this week, with two new justices but a now-familiar pandemic.
By Marc Karlinsky

Trial Notebook

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Worker adds employment claims against doctor

After U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman decided Betty Summerland’s complaint against her employer (Exelon Generation Co.) stated valid claims for alleged violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act and Americans with Disabilities Act, she filed an amended pleading that added FMLA claims against two of Exelon’s medical contractors (Dr. Betty Pohlman and Triangle Occupational Medicine) plus counts against all three defendants for alleged intentional infliction of emotional distress and civil conspiracy.
By Steven P. Garmisa

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Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, as their children Ashley and Hunter watch.
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On Day One, President Biden targets policies on climate, virus
State Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, sits at his desk on the final morning of the lame-duck session at the Bank of Springfield Center on Jan. 13. A bill that would have eliminated tax deductions for Illinois business owners created under the federal CARES Act was one of several measures that failed to pass during the 101st General Assembly.
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Clock ran out on lame-duck session bills
The University of Maryland has agreed to a $3.5 million settlement with the parents of football player Jordan McNair, who died of heatstroke following a workout in 2018. The amount was made public on Friday in a meeting agenda released by the Maryland Board of Public Works.
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U.-Md. reaches $3.5M deal with parents of killed football player
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Rita B. Garman swears in new attorneys to the Illinois bar in a short virtual ceremony on Thursday from the courthouse in Springfield.
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High court swears in 1,590 new attorneys
State Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, takes the oath of office to become Speaker of the House for the 102nd General Assembly at the Bank of Springfield Center on Wednesday.
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Illinois House names Welch speaker