An Illinois appellate panel split 2-1 to reverse a trial court’s judgment and remand a case involving a potential violation of state environmental laws on a dump site in Ford Heights.

A lawyer who sent multiple emails containing false or reckless statements about a U.S. magistrate judge should be suspended for nine months, according to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission Hearing Board.

A Cook County jury on Thursday awarded $23 million to a woman who developed lung cancer after handling asbestos-containing materials while working for the Chicago manufacturer Qualitex Co.

A paralegal whose incorrect diagnosis exacerbated a broken ankle received $1.165 million in a settlement after suing in Cook County Circuit Court.

A lawsuit accusing a nursing home of gross negligence in a 95-year-old resident’s death from COVID-19 belongs in Illinois state court, a federal judge held.

A Rockford couple filed their personal injury lawsuit not a day late, but just in time, a federal judge held.

A federal appeals court held Monday that it lacks jurisdiction to consider whether qualified immunity shields a DuPage County sheriff’s deputy from a lawsuit filed by the estate of a 17-year-old he shot to death.

A federal jury awarded $1.17 million to a man who was wrongfully convicted of a double homicide in Chicago in 2012 and spent almost two years in jail.