The plaintiff filed a wrongful discharge suit against his employer when he was fired after he lodged a workers’ comp claim for a work-related injury. A jury sided with the plaintiff and awarded him about $4.2M including some $3.6M in punitive damages. The employer appealed on the basis that the court allowed some damaging documents …
Category Archives: Business Torts
Law School Grads’ Fraud Suit Dismissal Against Chicago Law School Upheld (Part I of II)
Several former law students sued their alma mater (DePaul) under consumer fraud and common law fraud theories when their job prospects weren’t as promising and their salaries not as high as they were led to believe. In Phillips v. DePaul University, 2014 IL App (1st) 122817, the plaintiffs claimed they relied on DePaul’s published job …
Chicago News Reporter’s Defamation and Intrusion on Seclusion Suit Against Rival Networked Tossed (IL First District)
(Photo credit: Google images (visited 10.29.14); Associated Press) The First District recently weighed in on the nature and scope of defamation law and the false light and intrusion on seclusion civil claims in a case involving a well-known Chicago newscaster. In Jacobson v. CBS Broadcasting, Inc., 2014 IL App (1st) 132480, the plaintiff – a former NBC …