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Caterpillar to face charges of violating GIPA

Caterpillar to face charges of violating GIPA

A federal judge has refused to dismiss claims in a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing Caterpillar Inc. of violating Illinois law by requiring job applicants to submit their past medical records to the company. In a written opinion Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Manish S. Shah of the Northern District of Illinois denied Caterpillar’s ​​motion to dismiss charges that plaintiffs Kerry Branson and Shelley Dotson filed against the company under Section 25(c)(1) of the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act. Section 25(c)(1) …