Anderson v. Country Life Insurance Co.
Plaintiffs hold participating life-insurance policies from State Farm and Country Life that guarantee policyholders annual dividends from their insurers’ surpluses. The insurers decide the dividend...
View ArticleBetzner v. Boeing Co.
Betzner filed suit in Madison County, Illinois alleging that during Betzner’s employment, he was exposed to asbestos fibers, which caused his mesothelioma and that defendants, including Boeing,...
View ArticleTerry v. Gary Community School Corp.
For 35 years, Terry worked as a teacher and an administrator for the District. After the 2013–2014 school year, the District closed the school where Terry served as the Principal because of declining...
View ArticleUnited States v. Kuczora
After Kuczora lost his finance job in 2007, he styled himself as the managing director of KCS Financial, a phony finance firm he ran from his Elgin, Illinois basement. Kuczora falsely represented to...
View ArticleHutchison v. Fitzgerald Equipment Co.
A forklift backed over Hutchison’s foot while it was loading his tractor‐trailer. Hutchison’s employer, Borkholder, who owned the forklift, had contracted with Fitzgerald to provide maintenance on the...
View ArticleSinn v. Lemmon
Sinn was incarcerated within the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC), 2011-2015. In 2014, at Putnamville Correctional Facility, he suffered injuries from two separate assaults by other inmates....
View ArticleHorshaw v. Casper
Horshaw was beaten by other inmates at Menard Correctional Center. Horshaw still suffers from pain and brain trauma. Before the attack Horshaw received an anonymous letter stating that he would be...
View ArticleLapre v. City of Chicago
Ofem, age 18, was arrested for a misdemeanor and taken to Chicago lockup. During rounds, officers asked him screening questions. Ofem displayed no signs of pain, injury, or infection; he did not...
View ArticleMedical Protective Co. of Fort Wayne, Indiana v. American International...
In 2002, in Texas, Dr. Phillips performed a laparoscopic hysterectomy on Bramlett, a 36-year-old mother. While hospitalized, Bramlett suffered internal bleeding and died. Her family filed a wrongful...
View ArticleWrolstad v. CUNA Mutual Insurance Society
For 25 years, Wrolstad worked at CUNA, eventually becoming a financial reporting manager. In 2009 his position was eliminated in a corporate restructuring. He was 52 years old. At his supervisor’s...
View ArticleDockery v. Blackburn
Dockery was arrested after a domestic dispute at his girlfriend’s Joliet, Illinois apartment. Sergeant Blackburn and Officer Higgins took him to the police station for booking on charges of trespass...
View ArticleSchmidt v. Foster
Schmidt admitted to murdering his wife but argued the Wisconsin-law defense of “adequate provocation” to mitigate the crime from first- to second-degree homicide. A state judge held a pretrial hearing...
View ArticleUnited States v. Higgins-Vogt
Mars was the getaway driver to an armed robbery by Snyder and Higgins-Vogt. Days later, Mars’s body was found. While in jail on robbery charges, Higgins-Vogt never met with his appointed attorney but...
View ArticleLee v. Kink
Lee is serving sentences totaling 100 years’ imprisonment. A state judge found that Lee and Manley forcibly abducted L.M., struck and raped L.M., and displayed a pistol to make her more cooperative....
View ArticleConsolidation Coal Co. v. Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs,...
Ross worked as a coal miner for approximately 30 years. He smoked cigarettes for almost as long but was able to quit after his first heart attack. Ross continued to work as a coal miner even though he...
View ArticleUnited States v. Johnson
After pleading guilty to preparing false tax returns for her clients, 26 U.S.C. 7206(2), Johnson was sentenced to 18 months in prison plus $79,325 in restitution—the amount that Johnson’s clients...
View ArticleSugarloaf Fund, LLC v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Rogers is a tax lawyer. The Seventh Circuit previously characterized as an “abusive scam” a scheme Rogers implemented for the 2003 tax year. He implemented a similar scheme for later tax years: Rogers...
View ArticleMcHenry v. Berryhill
McHenry, a 49-year-old former hair stylist who suffers from several physical and mental disabilities, challenged the denial of her application for Social Security disability benefits. The ALJ had...
View ArticleShepherd v. Julian
During a traffic stop, Kentucky officers found marijuana and a gun in Sheperd’s car. He pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, being a felon in possession of a firearm,...
View ArticleSwyear v. Fare Foods Corp.
Fare Foods hired Swyear as an outside sales representative in 2015. Swyear claims Porter (an owner) indicated that she would be the first female outside sales representative and expressed concern...
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