FILE – In this Aug. 28, 2017, file photo, Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, looks out over the floor the Illinois House at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP, File)
CHICAGO, Ill. (IRN) — Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and utility ComEd face a civil RICO lawsuit in federal court.
A group of attorneys are looking for $450 million in damages for ratepayers.
Madigan hasn’t been charged with a crime, but ComEd agreed to pay a $200 million fine for its role in a patronage scandal that Madigan’s been tied to. A ComEd spokesperson said the utility didn’t admit any wrongdoing against ratepayers as the attorneys who filed the lawsuit claim.
It could take years for the civil case to progress.
