We usually think of sexual harassment claims involving employees who are harassed by other employees but recently the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an EEOC verdict against a retailer which involved an employee allegedly sexually harassed by a customer.   This ruling should put all retail, restaurant and hospitality companies…

The Illinois Appellate Court recently issued a decision in a case involving a slip and fall in snow, but the interesting part about the case is that it does not involve the natural accumulation doctrine.  Instead, the defendants argued the snow pile was open and obvious to obtain summary judgment,…

The Illinois Appellate Court recently overturned the dismissal of a criminal act of third party case.  The twist is that the offending party was an employee of the hotel where the victim was staying. In Gress v. Lakhani Hospitality, Inc., 2018 IL App (1st) 170380, the plaintiff was a hotel…