Activists Drop Lawsuit vs. Burke Over Chicago WC Program

The case never produced a decision, and defendants and legal scholars questioned whether it had any standing in the federal court system. But plaintiffs have nonetheless declared victory, saying that most of their objectives in filing the suit against the former head of Chicago's city-employee workers' compensation system have been met. The plaintiffs, including Jay Stone, a well-known Chicago political activist, dropped the lawsuit last week, and a judge agreed. “The plaintiffs lay claim to huge legal and political victories,” Stone said in an email Sunday. “Fi...