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  • Attorney Ninnette Gregory Joins DeBlasio Law Group LLC Legal Team.
  • Aretha Franklin Leaves Multiple Wills, Including a Handwritten Will Found Under a Sofa Cushion
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Punitive Damages

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Business / Civil Litigation

Mortgage Loan Servicer Homeward Tagged with Punitive Damages: Total Award $3,506,000.

(August 2018)  In the Georgia federal case of McGinnis v. American Home Mortgage Servicing, 901 F.3d 1282 (11th Cir. 2018), Jane McGinnis filed a lawsuit against Homeward (fka American Home Mortgage Servicing), which was responsible […]

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Business / Civil Litigation

Jury’s $3 Million Punitive Damage Award Against Mortgage Loan Servicer Ocwen Reduced on Appeal to $582,000.

(November 2019)  A federal jury awarded Monette Saccameno $582,000 in compensatory damages and $3 million in punitive damages against her mortgage loan servicing company, Ocwen.   On appeal, the Seventh Circuit lowered the punitive damage award […]

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Breach of Contract

Owed Commissions? Illinois Sales Representative Act Can Be Powerful Collection Tool.

You did the work.  You closed the sale.  You got stiffed on your commission.  Under Illinois law, you have a powerful tool to help you collect that commission.  It’s called the Illinois Sales Representative Act, 820 […]

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Accidents / Personal Injury

Damages Recoverable in Illinois for Hospital Violation of Do Not Resuscitate Order.

It does happen.  A family member with a long history of illness signs a “Do Not Resuscitate Order” expressing his or her wish not to be revived if they go into cardiac arrest.  In our […]

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Accidents / Personal Injury

Punitive Damages Cannot Be Awarded Under the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act Where the Plaintiff is Deceased.

Plaintiffs bringing lawsuits against nursing homes under the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act (NHCA) have several advantages over plaintiff’s bringing lawsuits against other types of health care providers.   For example, section 2-622 of the […]

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Business / Civil Litigation

Estate of Nursing Home Resident Cannot Pursue Punitive Damages under the Nursing Home Act.

In an important ruling by the Illinois Appellate Court on April 7, 2010, the Court held that common law punitive damages are not available in a survival action brought under the Illinois Nursing Home Act.  The case is Vincent v. […]

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  • Attorney Ninnette Gregory Joins DeBlasio Law Group LLC Legal Team.
  • Aretha Franklin Leaves Multiple Wills, Including a Handwritten Will Found Under a Sofa Cushion
  • DuPage County Court Grants Emergency TRO and Mandatory Injunctive Relief to Our Client Against Commercial Landlord.
  • Antonio DeBlasio Selected for Super Lawyers 2022.
  • Illinois Final Pay Laws – How the IWPCA Protects Illinois Workers
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