Article: Cook County jail suit certified for class action.(News)

Article: A Cook County, Ill., circuit court judge gave final ...
Wireless Week;  December 3, 2001 ;     561 words ...* A Cook County, Ill., circuit court judge gave final approval to an agreement that settles a class action lawsuit against Wireless Technology Research LLC over its alleged use of personal information in a study of the possible health ...

Article: Settlement Weighed in Nurses' Lawsuit in Cook ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  March 5, 2003 ;     680 words ... ... Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 5--Cook County would pay $4 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by nurses at Stroger Hospital ... worked at the hospital, formerly known as Cook County Hospital, between August 1996 and February ...

Article: SARA LEE COVERED FOR LISTERIA CLAIMS: CLASS-ACTION ...
Business Insurance;  February 8, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... available. A suit seeking class-action status for victims of the ... last week filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago ... Moll filed a motion in Cook County Circuit Court seeking class-action status for those affected ...

Article: Cook County, Ill., Judge Approves Nicor Gas's ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 8, 2002 ;     699 words ... ... for their troubles, a Cook County Circuit judge on Thursday ... approved a $1.85 million class action settlement for about ... attorneys representing the class-action plaintiffs. Nicor sent notices of the class action to about 200,000 households ...

Article: Is Cook County becoming less litigious? Here's a ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  August 9, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... criminal cases were filed in Cook County Circuit Court, which ... of prosecutors with the Cook County state's attorney's ... consolidated, such as class-action status, nor does it break down Cook County by its branch court system ...

Article: Jail strip-search suit OKd as class action.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  April 27, 2007 ;     630 words ...Byline: Matt O'Connor Apr. 27--A judge has certified a federal lawsuit as a class action, making Cook County potentially liable for the strip searches of some 250,000 men who have entered the County Jail since Jan. 30, 2004. The county ...

Article: SSA Announces Final Settlement of State Court Class ...
Business Wire;  October 1, 1997 ;     614 words ... ... announced today that the Circuit Court of Cook County approved a final settlement of the class action lawsuit filed in state court earlier this ... believes that "settlement of this groundless class action puts an end to litigation fees and costs ...