Illinois Appellate Court breathes new life into distracted driving lawsuit, opens door to possible refund of millions in fines – Chicago Sun-Times*

In August 2017, Jacie Zolna filed a lawsuit accusing the city of sending those tickets to administrative hearing officers when state law required them to go to Traffic Court for one reason: to allow the city to keep the fines to itself instead of sharing 55 percent of the revenue with the county and state.
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Giddyap
3 years ago

Chicago has a long record of illegal ticketing practices — maybe a RICO treble damage verdict would put a stop to that

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