Months after a rare midtrial appeal halted a case against two former Cook County assistant state’s attorneys charged with misconduct, lawyers Tuesday sparred before a panel of appellate court judges over the legal issues that brought the case to a halt in October.

A federal class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf two current inmates at the Knox County Mary Davis Home, accusing the juvenile detention home and its leaders of abuse in several forms.

An Illinois appellate court held former Joliet Inspector General Sean Connolly’s investigative report was immune from defamation claims lodged by a former Joliet City Council member.

A Gurnee man who spent nearly 30 years in prison after being found guilty of killing his ex-wife was awarded a Certificate of Innocence on Tuesday, the latest milestone in the fight to clear his name following his overturned conviction and subsequent September 2022 release.

The plaintiffs in what could be the first suit brought under the new Illinois Fertility Fraud Act will have to wait a little longer to see if their claims against Christie Clinic will go to trial. A hearing was held Tuesday afternoon in Champaign County Circuit Court on the clinic’s motion to be dismissed from the lawsuit brought by Paula Duvall and her daughter, Erin Culver, under a state law that went into effect Jan. 1.