Builders Paving LLC sued the state transportation agency last year after it paused new contract awards while investigating whether the family patriarch, Sebastian “Sam” Palumbo, was secretly involved in the Hillside business. Executives there include one of his daughters. While the suit asserted the company had a right to millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded road projects, a judge decided otherwise.
A judge dealt a blow this week to a Chicago area road construction company run by members of the Palumbo family, siding with the Illinois Department of Transportation in a lawsuit filed by the business after millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded con… [4454 chars]
Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Published: 2026-01-09T23:06:20Z
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