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Attorneys Zolna and Swetland File Lawsuit Against the City of Chicago for Illegal Distracted Driver Tickets

Aug 01, 2017

by Zolna Swetland

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On August 1, 2017, attorneys Zolna and Swetland filed a class action lawsuit against the City of Chicago on behalf of motorists who have been ticketed for distracted driving alleging that the City illegally stacked the deck against them in order to pocket millions of dollars in fines. According to the suit, Illinois law requires all distracted driver tickets, i.e., those for using a mobile device while driving, be adjudicated in State traffic court where any resulting fines are shared with the State of Illinois and Cook County. The suit alleges that for years the City illegally funneled these tickets to its own administrative courts, depriving citizens of due process and their day in court and allowing the City to keep all of the fines for itself.The suit was covered by the Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune and CBS Chicago.

Record-Breaking Results

Settlement

$125,387,948

Our firm exposed the City of Chicago’s...

Our firm exposed the City of Chicago’s unlawful ticketing practices, securing a $125 million settlement with refunds, debt forgiveness, and injunctive relief.

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Settlement

$78,000,000

Big banks and Fortune 500 companies secr...

Big banks and Fortune 500 companies secretly recorded the owners of California small businesses during unwanted telemarketing calls. For years, millions of these recordings were made, all without any warning to those who picked up the phone. Our investigation broke it wide open. Our attorneys developed an innovative legal theory that ensured that big banks and major corporations were accountable for their actions. We fought for years to secure a combined $78 million settlement, the largest ever achieved under the California Invasion of Privacy Act. Thanks to this historic, record-setting settlement, California small business owners received payments in the hundreds and even thousands of dollars. Plus, the defendants agreed to stop secretly recording their telemarketing calls.

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Settlement

$19,700,000

Once again, our attorneys uncovered secr...

Once again, our attorneys uncovered secretly recorded telemarketing calls made to California small business owners by banks and other companies operating in the payment processing industry. Thanks to our attorneys’ innovative legal strategy, we achieved a historic $19.7 million settlement. This result provided the highest-ever recovery on a per-class member basis under the California Invasion of Privacy Act, meaning many California small businesses received thousands of dollars each. Our attorneys also secured the Defendant’s agreement that they would cease recording telemarketing calls without warning.

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Attorneys Zolna and Swetland File Lawsuit Against the City of Chicago for Illegal Distracted Driver Tickets

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