United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Franciscan Skemp Healthcare, Inc. v. Cent. States Joint Bd. Health & Welfare Trust Fund

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a suit for negligent misrepresentation and estoppel over defendant-benefit plan's refusal to pay for medical services provided by...

Evers v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action against the Social Security Administration alleging due process and regulatory violations in the termination of a medical consulting...

Parrott v. US

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an inmate's suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) alleging that prison officials failed to protect him from being attacked by another...

Hall v. Forest River, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a Title VII suit for sex discrimination, constructive discharge, and retaliation, judgment as a matter of law on the retaliation claim is affirmed...

Stallings v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of a habeas corpus petition based on claims of ineffective assistance of counsel is vacated and remanded where: 1) appellate counsel's failure...

IFC Credit Corp. v. Burton Indus., Inc.

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Evidence
In a suit over a lease for telecommunications equipment, summary judgment for defendant-lessee is affirmed where: 1) the Illinois parol evidence rule...

Fabriko Acquisition Corp. v. Prokos

Commercial Law, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
In a contract suit arising from the failed purchase of a piece of property, summary judgment for defendants and Rule 11 sanctions imposed upon...

US v. Billups

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Enhanced sentence imposed upon a "career offender" based in part upon a prior state conviction for false imprisonment is affirmed where, in the...

US v. Webber

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Sentencing, Workers' Compensation
Conviction for making false statements to obtain federal employees' compensation benefits is affirmed, and the sentence is affirmed in part and...

Rickher v. Home Depot, Inc.

Class Actions, Construction, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts
In a class-action suit alleging that defendant's sale of damage waivers for tool rentals violated the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business...