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A Champaign judge awarded the damages to Marla Rice, whose son, Kristian Philpotts, 29, was killed in January 2022 during an apparent robbery attempt.
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — The family of a rideshare driver killed in Urbana two years ago has been awarded over $44 million in a lawsuit filed against the person accused of killing him and others. Marla Rice, the mother of Kristian Philpotts, filed the lawsuit one year ago against Lyft, Tyjohn Williams and Williams’ mother, […]
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URBANA â Apple Dumplinâ restaurant in Urbana is now permanently restricted from operating without a valid health permit. That was part of a settlement between the restaurant and county health officials spelled out in a permanent injunction order approved Wednesday morning by Judge Benjamin Dyer. The settlement also included an agreement by restaurant owners Jim and Kathryn Flaningam to comply with all applicable laws, including any notice of requirements issued by the Champaign County Public Health Department. The agreement also included the dismissal of two related cases â a l...
CHAMPAIGN â As lawyers were working on a settlement agreement for Merry-Annâs Diner calling for indoor dining at that restaurant to cease, public-health officials suspended the health permit at yet another local establishment said to be defying a state order intended to slow down the spread of COVID-19. Champaign-Urbana Public Health District Environmental Health Director Jim Roberts said the health permit for American Legion Post 71, 107 N. Broadway, U, was suspended Tuesday for continuing to serve customers indoors. It was the seventh health permit local health officials recently ...