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Consolidation Coal Co. v. Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

United States Seventh Circuit
Labor & Employment Law, Government Benefits
Upheld a federal agency's decision that a former coal miner was entitled to benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act. His former employer, a coal...
12/21/2018 18-2097

Schmidt v. Foster

United States Seventh Circuit
Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an en banc decision, the Seventh Circuit affirmed the denial of federal habeas relief to a state inmate who argued that he was entitled to such...
12/20/2018 17‐1727

Dockery v. Blackburn

United States Seventh Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that police officers were entitled to qualified immunity from a lawsuit alleging excessive force, in a case where videotape captured the tasering...
12/19/2018 17-1881

Medical Protective Co. of Fort Wayne, Indiana v. American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co.

United States Seventh Circuit
Health Law, Insurance Law
Revived a medical malpractice insurer's claim that its own insurer should have covered a malpractice judgment. Reversed summary judgment in relevant...
12/18/2018 18-1737

Wrolstad v. CUNA Mutual Insurance Society

United States Seventh Circuit
Labor & Employment Law
Held that a former financial manager's age discrimination claim lacked evidentiary support and his retaliation claim was time-barred. Affirmed summary...
12/18/2018 17-1920

Lapre v. City of Chicago

United States Seventh Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that the City of Chicago was not liable for the death of a teenager who committed suicide in his jail cell while in lockup, in a civil rights...
12/17/2018 17-3024

Horshaw v. Casper

United States Seventh Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Revived a prison inmate's claim that, before being brutally beaten by gang members, he sent written notes to the warden and a guard asking for...
12/14/2018 16-3789

US v. Kuczora

United States Seventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
Affirmed the prison sentence of a defendant who pleaded guilty to wire fraud for stealing from unwary investors who sought his help in securing...
12/14/2018 17-2725

Sinn v. Lemmon

United States Seventh Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that a former inmate who suffered injuries from two assaults by other inmates could proceed with his Eighth Amendment claims against a prison...
12/14/2018 18‐1724

Hutchison v. Fitzgerald Equipment Co., Inc.

United States Seventh Circuit
Injury & Tort Law
Held that a tractor-trailer driver could not proceed with his claims that a forklift-servicing company was liable for a forklift backing over his...
12/14/2018 18‐2203

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