Grace Barbic

Chicago

Reporter @CDLB | Former @CapitolNewsIL, @pjstar, @The_Vidette, @TV10News, @wznd | Alumni @IllinoisStateU ‘20 • @UISPAR ‘21

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Former ISU football coach's free speech suit survives

1 month ago | illinoispress.org | Grace Barbic

By GRACE BARBIC [email protected] A former Illinois State University football coach can pursue claims that his First Amendment rights were violated when he was demoted from his position for hanging a poster on his office door stating "All Lives Matter." Kurt Beathard sued former ISU athletic director Larry Lyons and current head football coach Brock Spack over his termination as offensive coordinator in 2020 on what he claimed to be pretextual grounds.
Cook County judge transferred from domestic violence division

Jan 17, 2025 | chicagolawbulletin.com | Grace Barbic

Cook County Circuit Judge Thomas E.
Panel upholds $6M verdict in prescription opioid addiction death

Jan 17, 2025 | chicagolawbulletin.com | Grace Barbic

A doctor lost a bid to reverse a Cook County jury verdict awarding $6 million to the family of a 41-year-old woman who died as a result of an opioid addiction the family claimed was caused by the doctor.On appeal, pain management physician Holly S.
Chicago to pay $4.5M to family of pedestrian killed in police chase

Jan 16, 2025 | chicagolawbulletin.com | Grace Barbic

The city of Chicago will pay $4.5 million to the family of a pedestrian who was killed by a car hit by a different car fleeing from police.The settlement was approved Wednesday at a City Council meeting after the Committee on Finance recommended its passage on Monday.Lakisel Thomas, 43, was walking home on Feb. 22, 2021, in a plowed parking lane near and Racine Avenue and 74th Street.
CTA to pay $8M to woman hit by bus

Jan 15, 2025 | chicagolawbulletin.com | Grace Barbic

The Chicago Transit Authority must pay $8 million to a woman who sustained an ankle injury when she was hit by a CTA bus while crossing the street at a crosswalk.The settlement was approved by the Chicago Transit Board at its meeting Wednesday.Victoria Villanueva, now 31, was crossing the street in a crosswalk at 48th Place near Kedzie Avenue in Chicago on Feb.
Cook County judge referred to Judicial Inquiry Board over racist meme

Jan 13, 2025 | chicagolawbulletin.com | Grace Barbic

Cook County Circuit Judge Caroline Glennon-Goodman was referred to the Judicial Inquiry Board for allegedly texting a racist meme.The Executive Committee of the Circuit Court of Cook County issued an order late Friday stating that Glennon-Goodman has been implicated in conduct that “may violate the Code of Judicial Conduct.” Injustice Watch reported Glennon-Goodman sent an image of a meme that has been circulating which mimics a Little Tikes toy box with a picture of a Black child and a foot...
Man can pursue claim over ineffective counsel in sex assault case

Jan 10, 2025 | chicagolawbulletin.com | Grace Barbic

A man indicted for predatory criminal sexual assault of a child can continue with his post-conviction petition alleging he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel as he was allegedly denied the opportunity to waive his right to a jury trial.In a nonprecedential Rule 23 order, a panel of the 4th District Appellate Court reversed the ruling of Peoria County Circuit Judge Katherine S. Gorman, dismissing the post conviction petition.Joshua L.
Man can’t sue employer for racial discrimination, retaliation

Jan 8, 2025 | chicagolawbulletin.com | Grace Barbic

A man who claims an unidentified co-worker used the N-word in reference to him while he was in a bathroom stall cannot sue his employer for discrimination, harassment and retaliation related to the incident, a federal judge ruled.In a written opinion Monday, U.S. District Judge John F. Kness of the Northern District of Illinois found the employer, BCI Acrylic Inc.
Logistics service not liable for driver’s injuries, panel rules

Jan 7, 2025 | chicagolawbulletin.com | Grace Barbic

A truck driver who was injured when he was hit by another truck cannot sue a freight broker for negligent hiring nor vicarious liability in the incident, a federal appeals court held. In a written opinion Friday, a panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of U.S. District Judge Staci M.
Hospital found not liable in death of 2-month-old boy

Dec 9, 2024 | chicagolawbulletin.com | Grace Barbic

A Cook County jury found a University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) hospital is not liable for the death of a 2-month-old boy who died a day after being discharged from the emergency room with cold and flu symptoms.Alicia Young brought her newborn, Kevin Anthony Malone Jr., to the emergency room of Comer Children’s Hospital in Hyde Park on Feb.