Attorneys representing a woman who was sexually assaulted as a teenager at a now-closed, state-supervised residential facility on Chicago’s South Side have filed a new legal complaint in the Illinois Court of Claims. The filing expands on a lawsuit brought three weeks ago.
The complaint targets the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, which cannot be sued in Cook County court. It seeks to hold the agency accountable for placing minors at the facility, where multiple assaults occurred between 2023 and 2024…