Daily Legal News Archive

Friday, July 18, 2025

Lawyers hired by the Chicago Housing Authority recently cited Illinois Supreme Court case Mack v. Anderson in an effort to persuade a judge to reconsider a jury’s $24 million verdict against the agency in a case involving the alleged poisoning of two children by lead paint in CHA-owned property. The problem? The case doesn’t exist.

From: 
Chicago Tribune

Gov. JB Pritzker is asking state lawmakers for more authority to regulate the homeowners insurance market in Illinois.

From: 
WTTW

Illinois has one of the nation’s worst problems with child sex abuse at juvenile detention centers, attorneys representing more than 900 survivors who have filed lawsuits said Wednesday.

From: 
25 News Now

Five Mississippi men have been fined thousands and sentenced to years of probation after they used illegal hunting methods to poach deer in five southern Illinois counties, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.

From: 
Belleville News-Democrat

Jurors in the trial of a man accused of killing a Chicago police officer were shown disturbing video Thursday.

From: 
ABC 7