The local bar is signaling a willingness to finance controversial campaigns in St. Clair County that, if successful, will alter the process of electing judges throughout the state.

Belleville firms Becker, Hoerner, Thompson and Ysursa, as well as the office of Rhonda Fiss, each contributed $5,000 to the campaign of St. Clair County Circuit Judge Robert LeChien earlier this month.

Edwardsville-based Gori Julian, recently ranked second nationally in a list of top 20 asbestos firms, contributed $2,000 last month to LeChien.

LeChien also received a $1,000 donation from the Steamfitters Local 439 in Caseyville, bringing his fund-raising total to $13,000, aside from loans he has made to his campaign.

Contributions in excess of $1,000 have to be reported within days to the Illinois State Board of Elections. Third quarter reports that account for all contributions and expenditures through September must be disclosed by Oct. 15.

LeChien, along with circuit judges John Baricevic and Robert Haida, are seeking election to the vacancies they created last year when they submitted letters of resignation effective one year in advance (this December).

Illinois judges customarily keep their seats by running on non-partisan retention ballots which require a higher voter approval threshhold of 60 percent, compared to a judge's initial election which only requires a simple majority of 50 percent plus one to win.

Baricevic, who has spoken publicly for the three judges, has indicated the reason for running for election versus retention is based on Code of Judicial Ethics restrictions that he says prevent judges from "openly and aggressively" discussing controversial issues such as former judge Michael Cook's drug addiction.

He said that Cook's drug issue figured prominently in the campaign of Circuit Judge Stephen McGlynn, a Republican, who defeated Associate Judge Heinz Rudolf, a Democrat, in 2014.

Belleville City Clerk Dallas Cook has led a constitutional challenge to the judges' candidacies at the State Board of Elections, in Sangamon Circuit Court and at the Fourth District Appellate Court.

The judges have so far successfully maintained their ballot access.

Cook has until the end of the month to appeal the July 28 Fourth District decision to the Supreme Court.

If the high court ultimately rules for the judges, or if the appellate court decision stands, any judge seeking a successive term could either run for retention or election.

Other Donations

Haida's campaign finance organization accepted a $5,000 contribution from the Becker firm in March. He also loaned his campaign $10,000 in March.

Baricevic loaned his campaign $20,000 earlier this year. With approximately $8,000 on hand at the beginning of the year, Baricevic in March contributed $24,000 to the St. Clair County Democratic organization.

His first quarter report also showed an expenditure of $1,166.66 to Chicago attorney Michael Kasper in fees related to defending his ballot access.

Past Elections

Baricevic first ran for judge in 2004. He was retained in 2010 with 63 percent voter approval.

LeChien was first elected judge in 1998. He was retained in 2010 with 66 percent voter approval.

Haida first ran for judge in 2010, unopposed.

The only other time in state history that this type of election maneuver was tested occurred in 2006, in St. Clair County.

Then, circuit judge Lloyd Cueto vacated his seat and ran for election. He was opposed in the general election by Republican Paul Evans. Cueto won by a margin of 53.6 percent to 46.4 percent.

Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch has released a study showing that Madison and St. Clair counties, as frequent litigation targets, have incurred $17.1 million in costs in a four year period.

The group's executive director Travis Akin said county residents suffer not only through direct costs, but also in the loss of funding for schools, roads, parks and police.  

Akin said the study was conducted by compiling data found in comprehensive financial reports released by each county auditor. 

“If you build a judicial hell hole, they will come,” Akin told the Record. “This study shows not only the sheer dollar amount of litigation against Madison and St. Clair counties, but it shows that those two counties in particular are targeted."

By contrast, the surrounding counties of Bond, Clinton and Monroe incurred no litigation costs during the same period of time, according to I-LAW's study. 

Akin said that in addition to judgments and settlements paid by the counties, millions also have gone to outside lawyers to pay defense costs. 

While costs paid by counties to lawyers is not available on either county's website, the I-LAW study cites a media report showing that from 2010-2013, St. Clair County paid $2.6 million to outside law firms and Madison County spent $1.2 million in taxpayer dollars on outside law firms. 

I-LAW makes two recommendations for reform: encourage local judges from tolerating abusive litigation and stop settling frivolous claims.

Akin cited a policy adopted by the city of Chicago in 2009 indicating that it would fight many of the suits filed against its police department, which, according to I-LAW, resulted in a steep reduction in the number of suits filed in the first year the policy was adopted. 

He also said that voters need to be more aware of who they are electing to office.

"Voters should do their part to stop lawsuit abuse in the Metro-East by learning more about judicial candidates, including whether or not they take campaign contributions from personal injury lawyers and whether they sanction lawyers who file frivolous lawsuits," he stated in the report.  

He said that plaintiff lawyers have flocked to Madison and St. Clair County courts for a reason, and that it is up to judges to restore balance.

“We’re really wanting to highlight the importance of judges,” said Akin. “The importance of judges and the importance of Illinois voters making sure when they go to the polls, they are taking those races seriously, because good judges do matter. If we’re going to change the legal climate in Madison and St. Clair counties, we need to have reform-minded judges serving people in those two counties.”

Approximately 150 people learned how to file an assessment appeal on their property taxes at a free property tax appeal seminar held July 28 at the Collinsville Memorial Library.

The seminar was co-hosted by State Rep. Dwight Kay (R-Glen Carbon) and the Madison County Board of Review.

“The room was packed. We had to put out additional chairs,” Kay told the Madison County Record. 

Property owners have 30 days to file an appeal from the date of when the notice of the new tax bill appears in the local newspaper. 

Kay said not all of Madison County’s assessments are done in one year, but are done in segments by township. He said the meeting was designed to let people know the protocol for filing an appeal of their tax assessment.

“We went down and gave them line by line what they needed to do to protest their assessment,” Kay said.

Homeowners wanting to file an appeal must follow seven steps, according to the Madison County Board of Review. First, the homeowner needs to determine the fair market value of their property, then determine the prevailing level of assessment in one’s jurisdiction. 

Next, the homeowner must obtain the assessed value of the property, then discuss and review it with the local assessing official. Then, the homeowner must determine the basis of the appeal, be it market value or equity. Next, the homeowner must file a written complaint with the board of review using the prescribed forms along with evidence of unfair assessment.

Finally, if the appeal at the county level is unsuccessful, the decision may be appealed to the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board.

“We instructed them on if they need to do an assessment and if they were going to have to take it to the state board or review,” Kay said.

According to the Madison County Board of Review, there are three reasons why a homeowner can file an appeal.

The first reason is if the market value estimated by the assessor is higher than the actual market value. The second is if the assessed value is at a higher percentage of fair cash value than comparable properties in the same class or jurisdiction. The third reason for filing an appeal is if the assessment is based on incorrect information, such as the wrong legal description or acreage, or incorrect data was used in calculating the assessment.

Homeowners wishing to file an appeal have to provide supporting evidence that can include a copy of the real estate transfer declaration, deed or closing statement, a recent appraisal, a list of recent sales of comparable properties, photographs of anything that may contribute to a loss in value like deterioration, or a list and photos with property report cards showing their assessed values of comparable properties assessed less than the subject property.

“The bottom line is what we tried to do was give everyone a basic understanding of the seven steps,” Kay said.

Kay said attendees left with a packet of all the information they would need in order to file an appeal.

“No stone was left unturned,” Kay said.

More than 30 percent of Illinois union households stated they were not aware they could opt out of union membership without losing their jobs, according to a poll the National Employee Freedom Week campaign conducted

For members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME – the state’s largest government-worker union – information about the freedom to opt out of union membership could not come at a better time.

AFSCME is indicating it may go on strike as soon as Sept. 1. That strike would affect 35,000 state workers across Illinois.

And rumors are spreading that AFSCME may fine members as much as $5,000 if they cross the picket line. While AFSCME has denied these rumors, a professor at the University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations has indicated that unions commonly include the ability to penalize employees in their bylaws.

Regardless of AFSCME’s true intent, the alleged threats demonstrate the need for workers to fully understand the options available to them – including opting out of the union.

Each year, National Employee Freedom Week focuses on just that: making sure workers in unionized states know they cannot be forced to maintain union membership in order to keep their jobs. This year’s national campaign runs from August 14-20, and it includes information on options specific to Illinois workers.

State employees need to understand what rights they have now, as well as what rights they could have if commonsense labor reform is pursued in Illinois. State workers currently have the option of becoming fair share payers. For AFSCME members, the process is fairly simple, and the state has links on its website aiding workers who want to become fair share payers.

But workers could enjoy even more freedom – and the state could experience economic growth – if reforms such as Right to Work and Worker’s Choice are pursued. Unfortunately, misconceptions about these labor reforms abound.

Fair share payers can opt out of union membership, but they still pay fees to the union

In its 1977 decision Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that public employees could be forced to pay for union representation, regardless of whether the worker wants to be represented by the union. But the court also ruled that employees could not be forced to pay for union political activities, such as making contributions to political candidates.

Since the Abood decision, government employees have been able to opt out of full union membership, yet they still pay what is deemed to be their “fair share” toward the cost of union representation in negotiations with the employer.

This means that rather than paying membership dues to AFSCME, a fair share payer pays a fee supposed to represent his “fair share” of what it costs AFSCME to represent him in negotiations and other matters related to conditions of employment. Under both the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act and the AFSCME contract with the state, the fee paid by a fair share payer will not exceed the amount of dues required of members.

By becoming a fair share payer, an employee does not lose any state-provided benefits. In fact, because unions like AFSCME have lobbied for and want a monopoly to represent all workers, fair share payers are still represented by unions and therefore are entitled to all rights secured in union-negotiated contracts.

Illinois state workers who have chosen to be fair share payers have nothing to fear from alleged threats that AFSCME will fine members who cross the picket line. As nonmembers, they are not subject to any disciplinary actions by the union.

According to the expired AFSCME collective bargaining agreement, all employees who wish to opt out of union membership can do so by canceling their dues deduction. The process is handled by the Comptroller’s office. The state’s website assists any interested employees with the process:

- First, an employee can download a form letter informing AFSCME leadership he wishes to resign from the union and become a fair share payer effective immediately. The employee would send that letter to the union. (The state has also included a letter for employees who wish to change their status from “fair share payer” to “union member.”)
  
- Next, the employee would alert his agency to his change in union status. The state has also included a link that allows the employee to do so.

 Opting out of AFSCME will help state employees avoid potential union fines in the near future. But the fact remains that fair share payers in Illinois are forced to pay fees to a union they may not even support. They are forced to be represented by a union, whether they want that representation or not. They are forced to accept whatever contract the union negotiates. And if the worker has any kind of problem at work, he must utilize the union’s grievance process in order to address it with the employer.

Illinois workers deserve freedom to decide with what groups they want to associate. They should have the right to make decisions for themselves and their families, including whether to pay fees to a union. They should not be forced to surrender their First Amendment freedoms – freedom of association and freedom of speech – just to keep a state job.

To that end, there is more Illinois could do – such as Right-to-Work and Worker’s-Choice laws – to better ensure true worker freedom.

The Fifth District Appellate Court has ruled in favor of a tenured Southern Illinois University Edwardsville professor who claims former colleagues made false allegations of sexual misconduct outside their official duties to ruin her reputation and mentally harm her.

Belinda Carstens-Wickham, a foreign languages and literature professor, sued Joao Sedycias, former department chair and Aldemaro Romero, a former dean, alleging libel, slander and intentional infliction of emotional distress in a 2014 Madison County lawsuit.

According to court documents, tension between the parties arose when Carstens-Wickham and Sedycias in early 2014 were competing for department chairmanship, a position elected through a faculty vote. She claims Romero removed her from the ballot and supported Sedycias.

After that she complained to the provost, who supported her position. Sedycias and Romero then appealed the provost's decision in a Feb. 21, 2014 letter addressed to the president of the university system.

The letter, according to the Fifth District decision, stated in part that Romero provided reasons for removing Carstens-Wickham from the list of candidates: "I have received multiple reports from multiple sources that she had a child from one of her undergraduate students and has had sexual relationships in her office on the SIUE campus with a former SIUE faculty member."

Carstens-Wickham claimed that university policy mandates that documents filed in an appeal process, including the letter, must be kept confidential. She claims she learned that Sedycias had been contacting all department chairs and other officials in the college of arts and sciences and providing a copy of the letter.

The appellate court published the decision Aug. 2, reversing Circuit Judge Andreas Matoesian and remanding for further proceedings.

Justice Bruce Stewart authored the opinion, with Justices Gene Schwarm and Richard Goldenhersh concurring.

The opinion states that Matoesian had agreed with Sedycias and Romero who had claimed that as state employees they were immune from litigation under the State Lawsuit Immunity Act. The defendants further argued that the Illinois Court of Claims was the proper jurisdiction.

"The plaintiff's causes of action may proceed in circuit court without offending principles of sovereign immunity," Stewart wrote.

He stated that Carstens-Wickham did not question the defendants' right to send the letter to the SIU president as part of the appeal process.

"That is something that they clearly had the authority to do in furtherance of SIUE's educational mission," Stewart wrote. "Rather, her claims are based on the defendants' conduct after the appeal process was completed."

Stewart wrote that Carstens-Wickham's argument is that distributing a letter with false statements outside the appeal process and to others outside of the department violated policies and procedures.

"...According to the plaintiff, the defendants maliciously and intentionally retaliated against her by making the false statements in order to ruin her reputation, remove her from the chair election, make her quit her job, and harm her mentally and emotionally," Stewart wrote.

He further wrote that Carstens-Wickham was entitled to proceed in circuit court because sovereign immunity "affords no protection when State employees have acted in violation of law or in excess of their authority, which is precisely what the plaintiff has alleged in her verified complaint and affidavit."

AUGUST 1, 2016




ALTON



•$229,000- 3773 BASSE TERRE CT. - MONICA HOBBS TO QUENTIN AND TAMMY DOWNING
•$101,700- 810 MCKINLEY BLVD. - KEVIN AND JESSICA KOLKMEYER TO BARBARA LITTLE
•$110,900- 4810 SNOW WHITE TERRACE - LARRY AND MATILDA STARK TO ALEXANDER AND MEGHAN ANDERSON
•$1,349,077- 2602 WASHINGTON AVE. - DAPPER PROPERTIES III TO SPIRIT MASTER FUNDING X




COLLINSVILLE


•$225,000- 6832 FEDDER LN. - MARY L. AND AMY L FEDDER TO MARK AND MARY FEDDER TRUST
•$44,900- 1125 CONSTANCE ST. - HOMEFRONT PROPERTIES TO ZACHARY S. COLLINS




DORSEY



•$89,900- 5156 SEILER RD. - EDGAR E. PALMER JR. AND HALLENE E. PALMER TO WILLIAM HANFELDER AND ASHLEY DEKKER




E. ALTON



•$0- 254 LAKESIDE AVE. - JOHN WAYNE BUTTRY TO VILLAGE OF E. ALTON
•$93,500- 314 N. CENTERR ST. - ROLLIN D. SHEA TO CARL BAUER




EDWARDSVILLE



•$224,000- 718 SLIPPERY ROCK DR. - ANDREW REZNACK TO MATTHEW K. NIEHAUS
•$242,000- 2506 HUNTERS POINTE BLVD. - ASHLEY AND BARRY WITTLER TO TIM AND KRISTEN HEFFINGTON
•$20,000- 644 N. KANSAS - STEPHEN L. NEUHAUS AND SHARON L. CAIRNS TO MSO PROPERTIES




GLEN CARBON



•$232,500- 6 COUNTRY MAPLES - MARILYN ANDERSON TO TERRY L. AND LESIA A. FREY
•$135,000- 112 NORTHBAY CT. - SUSAN K. WEIR TO LERCH PROPERTY INVESTMENTS




GODFREY



•$157,000- 5106 JEROME DR. - STEPHEN AND BRIDGET KENNEY TO MONICA HOBBS




GRANITE CITY



•$27,000- 2649 BUENGER DR. - ASF DEVELOPMENT TO FOREMAN DEVELOPMENT
•$172,000- 2649 BUENGER DR. - FOREMAN DEVELOPMENT TO ZACHARIAH HAY




MADISON



•$14,000- 1674 2ND ST. - RICHARD HOWARD TO RODNEY HAYNES




MORO



•$115,000- 601 TRUMAN ST. - ARIANNA R. GREEN AND CHRISTOPHER D. GREEN TO RON D. WILLMAN




TROY



•$45,000- 213 MCCLELLAND DR. - VICKSBURG DEVELOPMENT TO SUNDANCE HOME DEVELOPMENT




AUGUST 2, 2016




ALHAMBRA



•$63,000- 310 NORTHEAST ST. - STEVE AND LATONYA BRUMITT TO JOSHUA ARTHUR




ALTON



•$35,000- 609 E. 8TH ST. - EUGENE JOSEPH YOST TO BRIAN M. YOST
•$17,000- 1119 HIGHLAND AVE. - US BANK TO PAULA APPLEBY
•$135,000- 4337 THADWAY DR. - VICTOR AND SHARON WINDHAM TO BRIDGET K. KENNEY
•$70,000- 1713 MUNY VISTA DR. - SECRETARY OF HUD TO NICOLE KOGEL
•$119,500- 622 MECHANIC ST. - TAMARA YATES AND ANGELA SAUNDERS TO KRISTINA STOECKEL
•$26,150- 13 W. DELMAR - MICHAEL AND CORTNEY FROSCH TO GUY THOMPSON




BETHALTO



•$108,000- 535 PARK DR. - MATHEW AND KIFFON LEWIS TO CARL AND HEATHER DAVIS
•$251,000- 13 EVERGREEN CT. - MICHAEL AND DEBORAH STIVERS TO AARON AND SARAH KILPATRICK
•$148,000- 829 WILDWOOD DR. - RAYBURN AND DOROTHY KINNISON TO KELLY WAGNER




COLLINSVILLE
•$20,000- BOND AVE. - NANCY A. RAPP TO JIM G. KRUTA TRUST
•$110,000- 604 VANDALIA ST. - CLINTON AND PATRICIA KITE TO JEFFREY JOHNSON
•$129,000- 7 & 8 MANOR DR. - LYNDA K. SENNE TO HARTMANN HOMES
•$230,000- 104 REBECCA CT. - JAMES H. AND MARY T. SMITH TO JASON HALL
•$172,400- 300 OFARRELL ST. - DONALD R. AND CYNTHIA L. OMOHUNDRO TO JENNA M. DENNIS




EDWARDSVILLE



•$135,000- 628 ROANOKE DR. - LUCILLE K. HIGHLANDER TO SCOTT C. AND KARI K. BELOBRAJDIC
•$600,000- 1109 N. OXFORDSHIRE LN. - JOYCE D. AND RON MILLIGAN TO CASEY L. AND MADI K. MIKHAYEL
•$248,900- 3516 STAUNTON RD. - MICHAEL C. AND PATRICIA A. BRAKE TO JOSEPH AND CATHI R. LANZANTE
•$135,000- 51 WILLOW CT. - GARY BECK TO DUSTIN H. AND CHRISTINE D. STERETT
•$505,000- 8442 STONE LEDGE DR. - LERCH & MUSEC TO JOSEPH E. AND PAMLA S. NEWMAN




GLEN CARBON



•$229,900- 30 SPRING BROOK DR. - JUSTIN AND JESSICA ELLIOTT TO MASON A. AND NICOLE M. GLICK




GRANITE CITY



•$100,000- 3405 FRANKLIN AVE. - ELBERT LEGATE JR. TO JUAN M. HERRERA JR. AND AMBER J. DEATON




HIGHLAND



•$175,000- 38 LEXINGTON LN. - SCOTT W. AND ERIN FELDMAN TO JEFF AND HOLLY SHEPHERD
•$16,000- 310 W. MONROE - WILFRED AND JEAN S. HOLZINGER TO BRAD A. AND JAMIE L. BIRCHER
•$500,000- 11572 LOWER MARINE RD. - SHIRLEY POLLMAN TO TYLER M. MAEDGE
•$400,000- 11572 LOWER MARINE RD. - SHIRLEY POLLMAN TO MIKE MAEDGE
•$270,000- 1366 OLD TRENTON RD. - JAMES AND LYNN REHBERGER TO ROGER R. AND SONJA F. FITTERER




MARINE



•$158,000- 301 E. ALTON ST. - ROBERT L. JR. AND DONNA L. FULKERSON TO ROBERT L. III AND HEATHER N. FULKERSON
•$44,500- 926 VIRGINIA DR. - KENNETH AND ASHLEIGH DEATHERAGE TO CHARLES J. SANDERS AND DANIELLE M. SWIFT




MORO



•$145,000- 5768 STATE ROUTE 140 - JAMES AND MARY MCADAMS TO JESSE AND DAPHNE HAMILTON




POCAHONTAS



•$173,900- 3519 PIERLAND DR. - MARK AND MARSHA BOLT TO MICHAEL AND JUDITH TRELOW




ROXANA



•$30,000- 235 ROHM ST. - LOUISE AND SHARON OLLER TO ALEXANDER STEPHENS
•$30,000- 118 W. 5TH ST. - US BANK TO DAVID AND MARGARET BARKER




S. ROXANA



•$20,000- 505 OHIO AVE. - J & M PROPERTY SOLUTIONS TO 3 RIVERS GROUP




TROY



•$235,000- 201 E. KMARKET ST. - LEONARD J. M. SUESS AND EWALD HOFFMAN TO EGG DEVELOPMENT
•$159,500- 56 ASHBROOKE - NICHOLAS G. BARCZEWSKI TO TIMOTHY E. SNYDER
•$355,000- 220 N. DEWEY ST. - BTIF LLC TO OASIS INVESTMENTS
•$189,900- 52 OAKBROOKE - ROGER AND SONJA FITTERER TO H. FRANK AND ELLA F. SMITH
•$240,000- 116 MCCLELLAND DR. - JOHN SCHWAB TO DANAE M. AND JOSEPH D. BECHERER
•$165,000- 517 COVENTY RD. - BARBARA F. WRIGHT TO DAN AND DENISE MANNING
•$149,900- 2352 STAUNTON RD. - DOROTHY ELLEN JOHNSON TO BRADLEY LEWIS

AUGUST 9, 2016




NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE V. EVANTHIA NICOLOU, $99,545.41, 1803 LINCOLN ST., ALTON. 16-CH-476

US BANK V. ASHLEY N. DRURY, $78,728.35, 2437 CLEVELAND BLVD., GRANITE CITY. 16-CH-477




AUGUST 10, 2016




REGIONS BANK V. JOAN C. AND PHILLIP L. LAROSE, $43,332.74, 1637 SYCAMORE , GRANITE CITY. 16-CH-480

US BANK V. DANIEL L. BOOTH, $151,605.38, 527 WHIP POOR WILL, TROY. 16-CH-481




AUGUST 11, 2016




PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES V. CHRISTOPHER J. AND BRIANNA FOXALL, $81,314.91, 3700 WICKENHAUSER AVE., ALTON. 16-CH-482

US BANK V. MATTHEW A. AND STEFNEE D. WILSON, $1212,415.50, 3020 N. RODGERS AVE., ALTON. 16-CH-483

WELLS FARGO BANK V. DEREK KEHL AND SARAH VOSS, $54,463.72, 5571 OLD ALTON RD., GRANITE CITY. 16-CH-484

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE V. DANTE KILIEBREW AND RONALD WHITE, $63,195.59, 108 E. ELM ST., ALTON. 16-CH-485

NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION V. JOSEPH DENNIS JR. , $187,308.60, 858 W. COUNTRY LN., COLLINSVILLE. 16-CH-486




AUGUST 12, 2016




WELLS FARGO BANK V. PERRY L. AND MICHELLE L. DOUGLAS, $56,406.95, 109 BONDS AVE., E. ALTON. 16-CH-488

LITTEKEN ELECTRIC INC. V. JEFFREY A. AND DONNA MICK, $11,165.18, 9304 HESS RD., EDWARDSVILLE. 16-CH-489




AUGUST 15, 2016




PHH MORTGAGE V. CATHY J. LAURK, $37,159.74, 2309 LINCOLN AVE., GRANITE CITY. 16-CH-490

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK V. DENNIS L. ROSE JR. , $25,270.65, 412 W. MCCASLAND AVE., E. ALTON. 16-CH-491

AUGUST 1, 2016




BELLEVILLE



•$142,500- 618 AND 620 EAST C ST. - JANET LAMIROULT TO AMY AND LEISA BROCKMAN
•$15,000- 608 W. LINCOLN ST. - SECRETARY OF HUD TO ELLEN C. THIELEMAN
•$30,000- 1807 E. BELLE AVE. - SECRETARY OF HUD TO DAVID JORGENSON
•$100- 1309 W. D ST. - HOMEFRONT PROPERTIES TO ZACHARY S. COLLINS
•$87,500- 2011 E. B ST. - ERIC AND ANGELA WESTER TO JOURDAN SARPY
•$39,900- 515 W. C ST. - JOHN & JANET CANTY TO JASON MITCHELL
•$73,000- 8118 W. A ST. - CLINTON BANDY TO BEVERLY WILES
•$111,500- 715 LEBANON AVE. - BOBBY AND DEBRA TRAYWICK TO DOUGLAS AND JEFFREY ROHR RUBLE
•$133,500- 424 SHERATON DR. - KENT AND KIMBERLY MECKFESSEL TO CAREY VETTER
•$459,000- 9 EIGHTH GREEN CT. - MICHAEL E. AND RACHEL A. LEAVELL TO CHARLES D. AND TRACEY L. HAYES
•$85,000- 618 S. MISSOURI AVE. - KATHRYN G. DRAIN SIMARD TO KIMBERLY N. WELCH
•$55,000- 38 WHITESIDE DR. - SECRETARY OF VA TO FULL MOON REAL ESTATE
•$105,000- 205 N. 39TH ST. - THE CHARLOTTEMAE PFISTER TRUST TO MEGAN AND DEVEN KIRK




COLLINSVILLE



•$9,000- 2930 BLACK LN. - MIKE HAYER TO RAFAEL ALVARADO




FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS



•$62,500- 136 EDDING LN. - MARY CAROLYN SWITZER TO FRANK AND BARBARA NIEBRUEGGE
•$325,000- 1173 STONEWOLF TR. - ARTHUR AND SHARON BUCKLEY TO BARRY AND MICHELLE MCMILLIN
•$80,000- 26 LEXINGTON DR. - RUTH M. WARNER TO PAUL D. DIETRICH
•$132,500- 400 LEMANS WAY - JAMIE T. AND JUSTIN TOLAR TO JAMES AND AUDRIANNA PENNINGTON
•$4,666,561- 303 FOUNTAINS PKWY. - CENTRUE BANK TO TOWN AND COUNTRY BANK




FREEBURG



•$313,000- 305 DOGWOOD CT. - RICHARD AND MICHELLE HAMM TO GREGORY AND JENNIFER KANTZ




LEBANON



•$24,900- 202 WESLEY ST. - CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES TO WILLIAM P. AND PENNI D. LIEBIG




MASCOUTAH



•$305,173- 9703 WEATHERBY ST. - KAPPERT CONSTRUCTION TO ZANE AND KIMBERLY FULP
•$72,000- 610 E. MAIN ST. - JOSEPH E. JR. AND CAITLIN PFLASTERER TO KYLE E. AND BRIANNA L. RICHTER
•$570,000- 9730 JEFFERSON RD. - JOANNA SCHANTZ TO MATTHEW E. STUKENBERG
•$178,000- 1405 ROYAL FOREST DR. - OSCAR AND JULIE SANTOYO TO DANIEL A. AND NICOLE BILLMAN




OFALLON



•$167,400- 221 DERRICK DR. - REESE AND CHRISTINE AUDETTE TO KYLE AND CHELSEY GROTH
•$62,600- 508 LAKE VISTA WAY - RESERVES OF TIMBER RIDGE TO HUNTINGTON CHASE HOMES
•$308,892- 952 CARNEGIE KNOLLS DR. - HUNTINGTON CHASE HOMES TO PAUL W. AND ANTOINETTE M. GAYER
•$47,405- 729 THOREAU DR. - WINDSORY CREEK DEVELOPMENT TO HUNTINGTON CHASE HOMES
•$237,500- 780 MERRIFIELDS DR. - MICHAEL AND CYNTHIA WILLIAMS TO RAFAIL & JULIE RICO
•$220,000- 904 VICTORIA LN. - ANDREW AND RENEE MONDAY TO CRAIG KOCH
•$65,050- 320 WELLESLEY DR. - SECRETARY OF HUD TO SANMAN PROPERTIES LTD.
•$180,000- 800 W. LAKESHORE DR. - HEROD FAMILY TRUST TO DARREN S. EGAN




SHILOH



•$224,500- 2231 BIRMINGHAM DR. - JOSHUA AND DANIELLE BOWLES TO AUSTIN AND NICOLE RAMSEY
•$247,500- 2626 WELSCH DR. - TTW TO JASON P. PAVELSCHAK
•$168,000- 3269 MILLBROOK DR. - WILLIAM L. MILLER JR. TO EDWARD S. AND JENNIFER A. COLEMAN




SMITHTON



•$90,000- 2 S. HICKORY ST. - LINN LEBONICK TO SCOTT AND JULIE WEBER




ST. LIBORY



•$184,500- 726 SPARTA ST. - PENNY BILYEU, RUSSELL BILYEU, LORETTA M. ROBERTS TO KEVEN AND DAWN HUNT




SWANSEA



•$90,000- 17 WESTGATE DR. - GROH FAMILY TRUST TO GEORGE W. AND SANDRA J. CAMPBELL




AUGUST 2, 2016




BELLEVILLE



•$203,500- 340 COVERED BRIDGE LN. - CHARLES AND CHRISTINE COX TO JASON COIL
•$267,061- 1357 ORCHARD LAKES CR. - MCBRIDE ORCHARD LAKES TO ROBERT W. AND TONYA R. HAUERT
•$370,000- 17 OAK KNOLL PL. - WILLIAM A. AND JULIA M. CHADWICK TO THOMAS P. AND MARGARET D. RILEY
•$34,256- 2 CHASE PARK DR. - SECRETARY OF HUD TO LAMARCE TART
•$98,000- 2024 CAMROSE GREEN ST. - COMMERCE BANK TO LAURENCE AND HEATHER MEDFORD
•$150,000- 8 MAGNOLIA DR. - JACQUELYN M. JORDAN HAYDEN TO CHRISTOPHER L. CRAVENS AND ANNETTE WENDLER




CAHOKIA



•$3,000- 815 ST. MONICA DR. - JUSTINE PETERSEN HOUSING AND REINVESTMENT TO SHAWNA COLLIER
•$9,900- 76 W. ADAMS DR. - SECRETARY OF HUD TO YIELLE JACKSON




COLLINSVILLE



•$2,600- 2702 ARLINGTON AVE. - DONNA LEE LUTZ TO GUILLERMO CORTEZ




DUPO



•$90,000- 916 IMBS STATION RD. - LILLIAN I. PHILLIPS TO MICHAEL AND KIMBERLY REICHLING




E. ST. LOUIS



•$700- 1108 N. 72ND ST. - HEATHER LUCAS TO JIMMIE WILDER




FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS



•$201,461- 9204 RIVINDALE CT. - MCBRIDE SUMMIT SPRINGS TO RENEE COLEMAN
•$100,000- 13 PLEASANT LN. - EDWARD FRAWLEY SR. AND EDWARD FRAWLEY JR. TO REBECCA AND BOBBY WILLIAMS




FREEBURG



•$141,000- 101 S. WEST ST. - RITA BAKER TO SCOTT AND CLARA HANSEN




MASCOUTAH



•$63,000- 6 W. PATTERSON ST. - EDWIN J. LEAGUE TO RACHEL L. MACON
•$174,000- 9918 CITATION CT. - ELIZABETH BECKER TO JASON EDWIN AND LISETTE R. BECKER




MILLSTADT



•$214,900- 4618 FLORAVILLE RD. - CATHERINE M. BONDE TO BRYAN E. AND ASHLEY A. BAKER
•$212,000- 615 MANOR LN. - SANDRA AND ROBERT NELSON TO DENNIS AND MELODIE STUART
•$385,000- 4909 BARNWOOD LN. - JOHN KASPER AND SARAH KASPER TO DALE AND LISA KURRUS
•$280,000- 53 RHINELAND PL. - JERRY A. AND CHERYL A. KELSO TO ROBERTY AND DIANNA BARTHELEMY




OFALLON



•$282,500- 713 ST. NICHOLAS DR. - CHRISTOPHER JAMES TO SCOTT AND MEAGAN KENNEDY
•$192,500- 1137 MACLEAN DR. - JASON R. PALMA TO RACHELLE HAWOTTE AND MARVIN ROUNKLES
•$316,641- 972 CARNEGIE KNOLLS DR. - HUNTINGTON CHASE HOMES TO TERINA A. AND FRANCIS L. FOLSOM
•$308,589- 505 LAKE VISTA - HUNTINGTON CHASE HOMES TO EDWARD K. THOMAN
•$89,000- 615 E. STATE ST. - PAUL W. AND RUTH A. CARSON TRUST TO HOTGRAVE DISTRIBUTING
•$250,000- 1123 BURAN DR. - HENRY W. SCHMIDT TO NUCOMPASS MOBILITY SERVICES
•$243,000- 1123 BURAN DR. - NUCOMPASS MOBILITY SERVICES TO ANTWAN LAWRENCE
•$46,500- 833 NOWLAND CT. - ESTHER LAUER TO JAMES M. AND JOHANNA M. FOWLER
•$112,000- 403 S. SMILEY ST. - DANIEL S. JOHNSON TO KEN AND BRENDA JACKSON
•$253,922- 436 BANDMOUR PL. - BARNES PROPERTIES TO BARRY D. AND JODY M. MAHAN
•$288,900- 1070 RICHLAND PARK DR. 10C - STONE BRIDGE VILLAS TO MARILYN AND DAVID YOUNG
•$325,000- 609 THOREAU DR. - MICHAEL K. AND SANDRA M. WEBB TO RICHARD P. AND DEANNA J. HELLER
•$200,000- 1041 TIMBER CREEK LN. - CALE T. AND LINDSAY NICOLE HOLLINGSWORTH TO TIMOTHY S. AND SHEILA K. KELLY


ST. LIBORY



•$8,000- XXX MELISSA ST. - ROSEMARY MIDDENDORF TO SCOTT AND BRITTANY MCKAY




SWANSEA



•$69,900- 7 WESTGATE DR. - GUSTUS TRUST TO ALEXANDER AND CHRISTINE L. GALLUZZO
•$87,500- 1709 N. 16TH ST. - JOHN AND SARA PAJARES TO ALEXANDER DAWSON




AUGUST 3, 2016




BELLEVILLE



•$35,000- 2919 OTTO ST. - METRO EAST REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS TO JASON E. BUSS
•$85,000- 411 E. WASHINGTON ST. - METRO EAST REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS TO JASON E. BUSS
•$125,000- 617 SYCAMORE - METRO EAST REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS TO JASON E. BUSS
•$16,900- 311 W. VAN BUREN ST. - JAMES MARK JOHNSON TO BEN SCHAEFER
•$63,500- 205 BRITTANY LN. - JEANNE LACHMILLER TO LAWRENCE AND ROALINA THOMAS




CAHOKIA



•$47,900- 321 RIEBER DR. - ST. LOUIS INVESTMENTS TO AMERICAN DREAM REAL ESTATE
•$45,000- 725 ST. NORBERT - ST. LOUIS INVESTMENTS TO PRO SEED TRADING
•$45,000- 1721 JEROME LN. - ST. LOUIS INVESTMENTS TO RPM INVESTING
•$45,000- 1404 WILLIAMS ST. - ST. LOUIS INVESTMENTS TO BEWISE INVESTMENTS
•$22,000- 512 ST. DOROTY DR. - DARWYN DANIEL BUCHANAN SR. TO HIEN NGUYEN




FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS



•$14,000- 9519 HOLY CROSS RD. - FANNIE MAE TO ELLEN THIELEMAN
•$11,000- 246 W. SCHOOL ST. - FANNIE MAE TO SANDRA J. DOBBS




OFALLON



•$21,775- 904 MACES GROVE - J. CHRISTINE SCHILDKNECHT TO CURTIS L. SCHILDKNECHT
•$159,900- 320 EDNA DR. - KENNETH G. KENNEY SR. TO CHARLES TATE JR.
•$57,500- 223 EAGLE RIDGE - AARON AND JENNIFER EVERSGERD TO KENNETH R. AND KATHERINE STEIN




ST. LIBORY



•$50,000- 779 FLORA ST. - MICHAEL R. JOHNSON TO HENRY O. STEIN JR.




AUGUST 4, 2016




BELLEVILLE



•$63,400- 3 RUSTY WIL DR. - JERRY TRENT TO KIARA A. GOMILLER
•$139,000- 316 FLAGSTONE DR. - TRAVIS AND ANDREA YATES TO SCOTT AND AMY SHREVE
•$125,000- 1127 WINGED FOOT - THOMAS M. AND MINDY K. HAMMOND TO TERRY K. ATWOOD
•$14,000- 119 S. 11TH ST. - JEFFREY POWELL AND OTTO MORALES TO BRIAN CONNOR
•$11,500- 220 AVERY HILL - AARON D. STERNAU TO MATTHEW AND MARCIA HOWARD
•$209,500- 2629 CEDAR GROVE - RONALD J. AND IMELDA A. HUVER TO STEPHEN ROTH AND LINDSAY ROTH




CASEYVILLE



•$26,900- 2700 N. 89TH ST. - FANNIE MAE TO JUANITA CUNNINGHAM




E. ST. LOUIS



•$8,600- 521 N. 79TH ST. - SECRETARY OF HUD TO DEBORAH JACKSON




FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS



•$40,000- 917 LINCOLN HWY. - JAMES HUMMERT TO SADASHIVA
•$205,000- 821 COLUMBIA AVE. - MARIO E. AND DISA JONES TO AUSTIN AND LAUREN JACOBSON




LEBANON



•$92,500- 9939 RIEDER RD. - ANN M. FIGURA TO ROSEMARIE DAVIS AND MICHAEL D. BERKEMEIER




MARISSA



•$135,000- 507 SOUTH DR. - WILLIAM C. NORTON TO DONALD C. AND NANCY N. WAGNER




OFALLON



•$217,000- 815 BELPRE DR. - LISA ANGLIN TO ANDREW MAHTANI
•$153,000- 1010 WALNUT ST. - HECTOR A. PALOMO AND ANTONIA PALOMO TO AKIYA PERRY




SHILOH



•$112,900- 314 RADCLIFF RD. - MEGAN RANGE TO THOMAS ALVEY AND FRANCIS MACLENNAN
•$258,000- 2020 BLUE SPRUCE CT. - KAREN MCATEER TO NATHAN AND ASHLEY BROWN




SWANSEA



•$437,000- 4222 RODIN AVE. - DWAINE AND BETTY HAYES TO MARK A. WASHINGTON




AUGUST 5, 2016




BELLEVILLE



•$35,107- 723 FORT HENRY RD. - SECRETARY OF HUD TO RDS DEVELOPMENT
•$288,000- 520 E. C ST. - JASON T. KEARNS TO THOMAS SMITH
•$78,000- 519 S. 17TH ST. - ZACHARY Q. CANTY TO NICHOLE KNOWLTON
•$272,000- 300 COVERED BRIDGE LN. - MICHAEL FRIES AND LINDA L. PECK TO JOHN BURKLOW




CAHOKIA



•$72,500- 1308 JULIE AVE. - AZA PROPERTIES TO JEANETTA PERKINS




CASEYVILLE



•$48,000- 501 S. LONG ST. - ELLSWORTH PROPERTIES TO SKY BLUE DEVELOPMENT




COLLINSVILLE



•$35,000- 2903 ARLINGTON - GREGORY C. BLACK TO FERMAN VILLASENOR VARGAS




E. ST. LOUIS



•$21,500- 858 MILDRED AVE. - FANNIE MAE TO DANIEL UPSON




FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS



•$29,100- 6611 OLD COLLINSVILLE RD. - BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING TO ERIC SUMMERS




FREEBURG



•$193,000- 7517 RED RAY MINE RD. - JOAN BLOMENKAMP TO WILLIAM SMITH




MASCOUTAH



•$127,525- 208 FALLING LEAF WAY - SECRETARY OF VA TO TINA M. REVERMAXIN




NEW ATHENS



•$3,000- 816 MARIANA CT. - EDWARD AND DELORIS JUENGER TO TIMOTHY AND RACHEL BUEHLER




OFALLON



•$37,000- 1413 WINCHESTER CT. - SOUTHERN IL LAND INVESTEMENTS TO KAPPERT CONSTRUCTION
•$36,500- 1457 WINCHESTER GROVE CT. - SOUTHERN IL LAND INVESTEMENTS TO KAPPERT CONSTRUCTION
•$112,140- 1404 FREDERICK LN. - SHARON M. SWISHER TO GLEN AND CINDY HAAKE
•$120,950- PAUSCH RD. - SHARON M. SWISHER TO JONATHAN AND SHERRI HERTZLER
•$68,500- 121 CENTRAL AVE. - MICHAEL TATLOCK TO RICK PARKS
•$162,500- 659 ALADAR DR. - CHRISTINA M. DARIN TO BRADLEY E. REAGAN AND BRANDI L. GARRETT
•$291,958- 976 CARNEIGIE KNOLLS - PBBF TO KRISTOPHER AND MELISSA WESTON




SHILOH



•$182,500- 713 ROGUE RIVER DR. - SECRETARY OF VA TO JERRI DENISE CHASTAIN

August 5, 2016




US BANK V. BRYAN R. AND MICHELLE L. ROY, $240,036.78, 885 ALLENBROOK AVE., OFALLON. 16-CH-522




AUGUST 8, 2016




REGIONS BANK V. ANDREW T. AND ANGELA K. GRAWITCH, $76,527.92, 511 ST. CLAIR RD., FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS. 16-CH-523

US BANK V. AUDY L. II AND MELINDA S. BARNES, $125,912.54, 319 N. OAK ST., OFALLON. 16-CH-524

US BANK V. LARRY AND MARY BUCHANAN, $109,218.40, 319 COLLEEN DR., OFALLON. 16-CH-525

WELLS FARGO BANK V. DOROTHY MARIE WICKS, $25,768.39, 3526 TRENDLEY AVE., E. ST. LOUIS. 16-CH-526

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING V. EVANS D. JR. AND TINA M. TRAMMEL, $305,681.76, 1021 HUNTERS TRAIL, MASCOUTAH. 16-CH-527




AUGUST 9, 2016




THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON V. GREGORY AND CYNTHIA BROWN, $117,695.86, 1407 N. 25TH ST., E. ST. LOUIS. 16-CH-528

US BANK V. ARNETTE POPE, $119,542.66, 205 MERRIWEATHER LN., FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS. 16-CH-529

FREEDOM MORTGAGE V. ANTONIO J. AND BRANDY M. SHEPARD, $192,869.95, 2426 GLENMOUNT CT., BELLEVILLE. 16-CH-530




AUGUST 11, 2016




BANK OF AMERICA V. KAREN M. MITCHELL, $124,527.98, 2889 BROOK MEADOW DR., BELLEVILLE. 16-CH-534

PHH MORTGAGE V. RODNEY M. AND THERESA K. PRESSON, $86,025.75, 136 N. 45TH ST., BELLEVILLE. 16-CH-535




AUGUST 12, 2016




PHH MORTGAGE V. GENE MILLER AND JOHN DENSMORE, $82,933.33, 8908 CREST DR., FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS. 16-CH-536

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY V. CAROLYN A. BELK, ROBERT LEE ROSE, TERRENCE ROSE, JUANITA ROSE BURK, CEDRIC ROSE, ANTOINETTE ROSE, KAREY ROSE AND JUAN PLUMMER, $11,999.04, 1502 PURDUE AVE., E. ST. LOUIS. 16-CH-537

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE V. KURT J. SCHMULBACH, $79,469.97, 218 RIDGE DR., SMITHTON. 16-CH-538

BELLEVILLE — A Swansea woman is suing a St. Clair County motorist, alleging his negligence caused a crash that injured the plaintiff.

Denise Macon filed a lawsuit July 27 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Andrew Clarke Wilson, alleging negligence in failing to keep proper control of his vehicle.

According to the complaint, on Oct. 13, 2014, Macon she was stopped on Frank Scott Parkway in Fairview Heights, waiting for traffic to proceed so she could turn left onto DePaul Drive. The suit says Macon she saw in her rearview mirror that Wilson was approaching from at high rate of speed and he crashed onto her vehicle from behind.

The lawsuit states the crash caused injuries to Macon's back, shoulder, neck and broken tooth. She incurred medical expenses and suffered irreparable harm, the suit says. 

The plaintiff alleges Wilson negligently used a cell phone while driving, failed to keep proper lookout, failed to stop or swerve to avoid collision and failed to reduce speed in a timely manner.

Macon seeks a trial by jury, judgment of more than $50,000, costs of suit and all relief the court deems just and reasonable. She is represented by attorney Bill T. Walker of Granite City.

St. Clair County Circuit Court case number 16-L-394

Wednesday, August 24




8:30 AM




MCGILL JOHN V. WORTHAM ERIC

11-L-001190, SC JUDGE TBA




9:00 AM




WOODS SUSANNE E V. WOODS WAYNE

16-L-000436, CROWDER 320




SCHMIDT TIMOTHY V. WINDOW WORLD OF ST LOUIS INC

15-L-000920, CROWDER 320




BARNES JOHN H V. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY

15-L-001557, RUTH 311




SPRINGER MARY J V. CITY OF COLLINSVILLE A MUNICIP

14-L-001256, CROWDER 320




SMITH GARY V. OWENS ROGER

09-L-000620, MUDGE 302




CAMPBELL STEVEN V. AUTENRIEB KEVIN

13-L-001904, MUDGE 302




BRIDGES CHRISTOPHER IND AND AS V. MOORE SCOTT

14-L-001422, MUDGE 302




DEBOISE SHELIA V. CITY OF MADISON

15-L-000583, CROWDER 320




WILSON KIMBERLY V. WILSON SHARONDA

15-L-001365, RUTH 311




BARTEE STEVEN A V. CTI FIELD SERVICES INC C/O REG

16-L-000109, CROWDER 320




BYRON NICHOLAS G V. WALMART STORES INC

15-L-001306, CROWDER 320




STARNES MICHAEL V. STEEL WORKS LLC

14-L-001041, CROWDER 320




MILLER MICHAEL T CO EXECUTOR O V. MERIDIAN VILLAGE ASSOC DBA

16-L-000227, CROWDER 320




CLUBBS JEANENE V. SMITH NICHOLAS L

14-L-001664, CROWDER 320




HOOVER MARTIN V. SEARS ROEBUCK AND COMPANY

16-L-000374, RUTH 311




GREEN JOAN ON BEHALF OF THE ES V. 3M COMPANY

15-L-001418, CROWDER 320




SWARRINGIN AUTUMN V. DAVIS ROBERT

13-L-001687, RUTH 311




CECCHINI JOSEPH V. AMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY

14-L-000021, MUDGE 302




NUGENT RITA M EXECUTOR OF THE V. ALTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DBA

16-L-000690, RUTH 311




BLIXT BROOKE V. FLUSS QUINTON

15-L-000928, CROWDER 320




SIMMONS LILLIAN L V. KIEL CHRISTOPHER J

11-L-001379, CROWDER 320




GEORGE ELLEN K V. FLYTE SIDNEY J

12-L-001502, MUDGE 302




SEYFERT GLORIA J V. JOHNSON KATHERINE F

13-L-000225, MUDGE 302




SPRAGGS TIMOTHY M V. BOSWELL NICHOLAS B

14-L-000876, RUTH 311




HUDSON ANDRE V. HI WAY LLC

15-L-001282, RUTH 311




RILEY PEGGY L V. CRAWFORD KRISTEN D

14-L-001536, CROWDER 320




GERNIGIN SKYLNN A A MINOR BY/T V. RILEY SHAWN M

15-L-000109, RUTH 311




BROOKS KELLEY S V. REES AND KIFFMEYER MODERN RETI

14-L-001367, MUDGE 302




CAMBRON APRIL V. BHUTHIMETHEE VIWATHNA

13-L-001084, CROWDER 320




RYAN LARRY E V. SHOP N SAVE WAREHOUSE FOODS IN

14-L-000416, CROWDER 320




BIXLER GREGORY V. NICKALLY CORPORATION DBA NICKS

14-L-001038, RUTH 311




CUVAR LYNN V. HARRIS NATASHA

14-L-001219, MUDGE 302




BICKMORE DANA V. SCHNUCKS

14-L-001420, CROWDER 320




VOGT CHRISTINE L V. VINYARD ANNA

15-L-001373, MUDGE 302




MARTIN QUINN V. NEASE LARRY G

16-L-000501, CROWDER 320




CACH LLC V. SIMON MICHAEL

16-L-000220, CROWDER 320




BARNHART ROBERT AS SPEC ADM OF V. SAINT ANTHONYS HEALTH CENTER

13-L-000912, RUTH 311




RODGERS MARY A V. KHAN AAYESHA M MD

14-L-000685, MUDGE 302




CHOMKO SHANE V. COTTRELL INC

15-L-000232, MUDGE 302




WATTS VEVA V. ANDERSON ROY

13-L-000030, MUDGE 302




TADLOCK JAMES V. JONES JOSEPH DBA JOES HAWG DOC

14-L-000552, MUDGE 302




HASAMEAR DENNIS P V. SMITH KATHERINE L

16-L-000038, CROWDER 320




STOVEY STEPHEN V. ROGERS AARON

16-L-000773, RUTH 311




JONES KACI N A MINOR BY/THROUG V. 62 SPORTS GROUP INC

12-L-002016, MUDGE 302




WATSON KIMBERLEY V. SKIFF RON DBA RONS TRUCK SERVI

14-L-001784, CROWDER 320




TAYLOR ALLEN L V. MCCORMICK JENNIFER R

15-L-001178, MUDGE 302




SMITH ROSALAY V. ILLINOIS CENTRAL SCHOOL BUS LL

16-L-000587, MUDGE 302




TARRENCE VICKY V. U D I #2 LLC DBA MARYVILLE MAN

12-L-001554, RUTH 311




PALMER TARA V. YOUNG STACI R MD PC

13-L-000093, CROWDER 320




STINGER DEBORAH V. ALTON CASINO LLC DBA ARGOSY CA

15-L-000556, RUTH 311




WILSON MICHAEL V. ALDI INC A CORPORATION

16-L-000246, CROWDER 320




WENDLER ROSEMARIE C V. NISAR ABID O MD

14-L-000660, CROWDER 320




BOESER BRIAN V. CHS INC DBA CHS SHIPMAN ELEVAT

15-L-001344, MUDGE 302




YOUNG JACKIE A V. FERRARI NORMA J

15-L-000508, RUTH 311




GREATER ST JAMES BAPTIST CHURC V. MARLIN LEASING CORPORATION

13-L-001903, CROWDER 320




PRICE REGINALD B V. SHORTER MARK D

15-L-000378, MUDGE 302




TURNER DOUGLAS INDIVIDUALLY V. TOMERLIN JAY SPEC ADM OF THE E

15-L-001180, RUTH 311




STAMBAUGH ERIN D V. INMAN CARMEN E

16-L-000273, MUDGE 302




DUCKKETT ROBIN M V. MOORMAN G E

12-L-001091, CROWDER 320




BOOTH TAMECO D V. LUCAS MARK V

15-L-000363, RUTH 311




MCBRIDE KRISTINA V. SHATZ RICHARD MD

16-L-000511, MUDGE 302




COLLINSVILLE AREA RECREATION D V. CITY OF COLLINSVILLE

14-L-001729, CROWDER 320




AVANT MARK A V. KANE MECHANICAL INC

15-L-000416, MUDGE 302




PILLOW BRIAN W V. GOESTENKORS WILLIAM J

16-L-000380, CROWDER 320




DAWDY EILEEN A V. BEDNARSKI HANIA B DO

16-L-000824, MUDGE 302




KEMP PAMELA AS POWER OF ATTY F V. SA ENC VIP MANOR DBA VIP

13-L-000703, MUDGE 302




ELKINS JEFF SR. V. 3M COMPANY

11-L-000306, CROWDER 320




MAIN GERALD D SR V. WORTHY KEVIN T

15-L-001169, CROWDER 320




STONE MARILYN K V. NEEDLER VIRGIL C

15-L-001343, CROWDER 320




BRAWLEY SHEILA MOTHER/NEXT FRI V. CITY OF MADISON A MUNICIPAL

15-L-001505, CROWDER 320




EDEN RETIREMENT CENTER INC V. DRAKE CONSTANCE

16-L-000139, MUDGE 302




MANIS TRACI I AS SPECIAL ADMIN V. MILLER JACOB K

15-L-000626, CROWDER 320




MCELROY ZACHARY V. DOTY JAMES JR

15-L-000774, RUTH 311




HAMILTON CYNTHIA V. VARBLE SHAKIRA

14-L-001281, MUDGE 302




PRESTIGE MANAGEMENT LLC V. DNP PLUMBING SERVICES INC DBA

14-L-001350, MUDGE 302




COULSON TIMOTHY V. TAYLOR LEROY

15-L-000260, MUDGE 302




CAMERER JAMEY V. COBB ADAM

15-L-001117, RUTH 311




DANT JULIANNE M AS MOTHER AND V. INFANTI LUCAS J

15-L-001245, MUDGE 302




CORTEZ DOUGLAS V. CARLYLE JESSICA

16-L-000211, CROWDER 320




KEEBLER HAROLD V. PINNACLE FOODS INC

16-L-000228, MUDGE 302




MCCLOUD NATHANIEL V. AUTOZONE INC DBA AUTO ZONE

15-L-000217, CROWDER 320




SUMMERS GILBERT V. WALMART STORES INC

14-L-001472, MUDGE 302




DETERDING RYAN V. BETHALTO KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS C

13-L-000043, RUTH 311




GORDON MARCUS JR V. DJ S BAR AND GRILL INC

16-L-000547, MUDGE 302




BOSWORTH STEVEN J V. HICKS DEVON A

15-L-001298, MUDGE 302




KRUTSINGER GARY V. PETERSEN HEALTH CARE DBA VANDA

16-L-000275, RUTH 311




EVERAGE JOHNNY III V. RED LOBSTER HOSPITALITY LLC DB

16-L-000494, CROWDER 320




TAYLOR LISA AS ADMINISTRATOR O V. SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS HEALTH

14-L-001769, CROWDER 320




CHILDERSON JANE V. LANGENHORST PHYLLIS

13-L-000677, MUDGE 302




CAMELOT INVESTMENT COMPANY INC V. LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP INC

14-L-000894, CROWDER 320




HENGEL HANS V. JERSEYVILLE PAIN MANAGEMENT CE

14-L-000599, CROWDER 320




BRAME CHESSIE M MOTHER AND NEX V. III PROPERTIES INC

16-L-000410, CROWDER 320




JONES MARISSA V. SCHREINER TABITHA

16-L-000616, MUDGE 302




WHEELER MICHAEL A AS SPECIAL R V. GODFREY HEALTHCARE AND

16-L-000122, CROWDER 320




ELBLE GAIL V. SHELL OIL COMPANY AKA SHELL OI

11-L-000867, MUDGE 302




LEHNEN TRUDY V. SHELL OIL COMPANY AKA SHELL OI

13-L-000679, MUDGE 302




WARDEN SAM V. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO

15-L-000450, MUDGE 302




RENFRO CONSTRUCTION INC V. GILLIS KANDIS

12-L-000113, MUDGE 302




REYNOLDS ELIZABETH V. CITY OF EDWARDSVILLE

13-L-001022, CROWDER 320




BENTON RYNETTE AS NEXT FRIEND V. CITY OF GRANITE CITY

14-L-000723, CROWDER 320




HOERCHLER DANIEL L V. HARLOW ROBERT C

15-L-000401, CROWDER 320




JOHNSON R BRUCE V. PRESNELL WILLIAM R

15-L-000931, RUTH 311




CRANE MARY M AS PERSONAL REP O V. ALHAMBRA CARE CENTER INC

14-L-001693, MUDGE 302




MERRILL REBECCA V. OSBEC MEDICAL OF SOUTHERN ILLI

15-L-000282, MUDGE 302




KRAMER NANCY V. BUERK BETHEL DDS

15-L-000360, MUDGE 302




MCNISH KENNETH D V. CELLAR ROOM TAVERN INC DBA THE

16-L-000327, CROWDER 320




ANDERSON ANGELA V. CITY OF MADISON

13-L-001993, RUTH 311




GODAIR DONNA K V. METRO EAST SANITARY DISTRICT

16-L-000382, MUDGE 302




ORASCO MICHAEL V. DIXON MICHAEL DBA DIXONS TRADI

15-L-000669, CROWDER 320




KELLER EXCAVATING LLC V. CHIPPEWA LOFT LLC

16-L-000207, MUDGE 302




SERRANO-CARDENAS LUIS V. LOPEZ-RODRIGUEZ RODRIGO

16-L-000265, RUTH 311




BONNER LILLIAN V. SMITH KEENAN

14-L-000170, CROWDER 320




BRANDT JAMIE V. KANE THOMAS

15-L-000105, MUDGE 302




ANDERSON JOYCE V. HOWE CHARLES

15-L-000954, CROWDER 320




NORRIS DIANE V. PALMER JOHN

16-L-000140, RUTH 311




BIECHLER TANNER V. TRIPLE L AG SUPPLY INC

16-L-000284, MUDGE 302




HOLLINGSHEAD CAROL AS IND ADM V. A G EDWARDS & SONS INC

08-L-000858, MUDGE 302




FORD PATRICIA V. SHELL OIL COMPANY

11-L-000524, CROWDER 320




ALTMAN CHARTER COMPANY V. BORSELLINO LEWIS

12-L-000234, CROWDER 320




CLARK LUCAS V. TRICKEYS SERVICE INC

16-L-000638, CROWDER 320




JUELS LISA V. JACK IN THE BOX INC

16-L-000153, RUTH 311




PARKS GARY V. CHECKERED EXPRESS INC

14-L-001765, CROWDER 320




GIBSON PAMELA V. JALALI MOHAMMAD

16-L-000003, CROWDER 320




MATTISON ANDREW V. CONOCOPHILLIPS WRB PARTNER LLC

12-L-001588, CROWDER 320




WALLACE DEBORAH K INDIVIDUALLY V. RJ REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

00-L-000113, MUDGE 302




KELLY MICHAEL AS ADMIN OF ESTA V. MARTIN & BAYLEY INC DBA

05-L-000123, MUDGE 302




RAUL JONATHAN INDIVIDUALLY AND V. HIGHLANDER KENNETH P

16-L-000703, FLACK 228




SIDENER SUSAN FORMERLY SUSAN O V. HOME RENOVATORS LLC

15-L-001351, MUDGE 302




DOE JANE BY HER MOTHER AND NEX V. WORD OF LIFE TABERNACLE NFP

16-L-000123, MUDGE 302




MCINTOSH BETTY V. MCINTOSH PARRIS INDIV & DBA LE

16-L-000071, CROWDER 320




RICKETT ROBERT E V. CORTEZ AGUIRRE MONICA

16-L-000213, MUDGE 302




SMITH ERIK V. MOORE DEBRA

16-L-000291, CROWDER 320




BROWNE JAMES P V. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

15-L-000210, MUDGE 302




TERRY CLAUDIA AS ADM OF THE ES V. SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS HEALTH

09-L-000166, CROWDER 320




APEX OIL COMPANY INC SUC BY ME V. ARROWOOD INDEMNITY COMPANY

12-L-001962, MUDGE 302




APEX OIL COMPANY INC V. CENTURY INDEMNITY COMPANY AS S

13-L-000328, MUDGE 302




HANNEKEN ANDREW V. K & D CORNERS INC DAB BRENDAS

15-L-000486, MUDGE 302




GREEN ASHLEIGH V. MELLENTHIN ROBERT

15-L-000115, MUDGE 302




MCVEY DEBORAH J V. CHATHAM DONALD

13-L-001398, RUTH 311




BOND MARY V. WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC

12-L-000410, MUDGE 302




HOMAN PAULA V. OUR HEALTH CLUB AND SPA LLC

15-L-001049, CROWDER 320




KNOPIK JENNIFER V. JOHNSON MIKAYLA

16-L-000183, RUTH 311




LECCE CRAIG INDIVIDUALLY V. BIEHL MARY

16-L-000020, CROWDER 320




RAY DAVID J V. KING AIR CONDITIONING AND HEAT

13-L-001944, CROWDER 320




CARTER JAAVANTE V. PIASA ENTERPRISES INC

15-L-000965, RUTH 311




CARTER DONNA V. PIASA ENTERPRISES INC

15-L-000967, RUTH 311




THAXTON JENNIFER V. WALTON ALBERT

14-L-001522, RUTH 311




SANDERS LIVONDER V. CAREY ELIZABETH

15-L-001137, CROWDER 320




ALDRIDGE BARRY V. DUGUAY CHRISTOPHER

15-L-000248, MUDGE 302




BROWN PATRICIA V. GIACOMINI ALISON

15-L-000718, MUDGE 302




YONG CHAE L V. BAMPER RILEY W

15-L-000044, CROWDER 320




REED TIFFANY M V. DUNN ROY E

15-L-000887, CROWDER 320




WHITSELL SARAH E V. DAVIS BENJAMIN E

16-L-000571, CROWDER 320




FEICHTINGER FRANK V. PATTON THOMAS

12-L-000505, RUTH 311




STUTTLE CHARLES M V. HELICA PHARM LLC

14-L-001607, RUTH 311




DOCHWAT GABRIELA N A MINOR BY V. KAYSER ELIZABETH J

16-L-000232, RUTH 311




WILLIAMS ROBERT C V. PREMIER CDL TRAINING SERVICES

16-L-000639, MUDGE 302




BOSTROM CARMEN V. JARDEN BROTHERS TRUCKING INC A

15-L-000526, RUTH 311




DRAEGER MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC V. D&M MEDICAL INC

15-L-000570, RUTH 311




OBUCINA JOHN V. HAAS ENVIRONMENTAL A CORPORATI

14-L-000561, CROWDER 320




BROWNRIGG BRIAN V. MAHONEY ALEC

16-L-000772, MUDGE 302




CAMPBELL AARON V. MACIOS CHRISTINE M

15-L-001482, CROWDER 320




FOCHT AMANDA J V. BOX DAVID L

15-L-000902, MUDGE 302




RLP DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC V. EXTREME VAPOR LLC

15-L-001383, MUDGE 302




MEYER BEVERLEY S V. MCVICKAR ABIGAIL S

14-L-000900, MUDGE 302




LITTLEFIELD JARED V. DUGAN TOOL AND DIE INC

13-L-002191, RUTH 311




BLACKBURN CHERYL V. BROWN EARLIE JR

13-L-001356, MUDGE 302




YOUNGBAUER GEORGE W V. CATES MATTHEW J

14-L-001065, RUTH 311




10:00 AM




HAMOR ROBERT JR V. WALGREENS PHARMACY STRATEGIES

15-L-001258, RUTH 311




WEISS RICHARD M V. SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS HEALTH F

12-L-000122, HYLLA 327




CORBIN TIFFANY AS MOTHER/NEXT V. SAINT ANTHONYS HEALTH CENTER

13-L-000592, HYLLA 327




FARLEY RICHARD D V. NATIONAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR

13-L-000227, HYLLA 327




GRECO JAMES J SPEC ADM OF THE V. ORTHOPEDIC & SPORTS MEDICINE

11-L-000140, RUTH 311




10:30 AM




BOSTON LORETTA V. KELLAN RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT C

14-L-001295, RUTH 311




1:00 PM




KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES V. CRASH PARTS LLC

12-L-000471, SC JUDGE TBA




1:30 PM




PIPER SAMUEL V. KASPERZICK MARY

14-L-001550, RUTH 311




Thursday, August 25




9:00 AM




BYRNE DEBBIE V. SUPERIOR HOME BUILDERS INC

14-L-000537, CROWDER 320




BICKMORE DANA V. SCHNUCKS

14-L-001420, CROWDER 320




NASELLO KRISTI V. ALTON MULTISPECIALISTS LTD

15-L-000273, CROWDER 320




COOL CITY LIGHTS LLC V. MIDWEST SUNRAY LIGHTING & SIGN

13-L-001816, CROWDER 320




TAYLOR JAY D AS SPECIAL ADMINI V. WUELLNER ADAM J

16-L-000270, CROWDER 320




BRYANT LANCE V. FOCHTMANN MECHELLE

16-L-000681, CROWDER 320




CARRINGTON KIMBERLY SPEC ADM O V. ROWE DAVID E

15-L-000551, CROWDER 320




DEARLETH JAMIE V. WILSON KENNETH JR

15-L-000639, CROWDER 320




COMBS CAROL V. EBERLIN DELORIS

14-L-000642, CROWDER 320




MARTIN WILLIAM H V. SCF LEWIS & CLARK FLEETING LLC

15-L-000013, RUTH 311




BRAME CHESSIE M MOTHER AND NEX V. III PROPERTIES INC

16-L-000410, CROWDER 320




WHEELER MICHAEL A AS SPECIAL R V. GODFREY HEALTHCARE AND

16-L-000122, CROWDER 320




TOMAN JOHN R V. PARK MARK INC

13-L-001953, CROWDER 320




COPELAND DWAYNE C EXECUTOR OF V. ALTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DBA

14-L-000827, CROWDER 320




FISCHER LUMBER COMPANY V. KARLAS KENNETH P

14-L-000856, MUDGE 302




GARNER CATHERINE A V. CITY OF GRANITE CITY

16-L-000686, CROWDER 320




ANTON STEVEN V. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE I

16-L-000822, CROWDER 320




DROEGE SAMANTHA V. CAMPBELL PEGGY

16-L-000805, CROWDER 320




MARTINEZ ALEXIS P V. LOWRY DAVID

15-L-001633, CROWDER 320




MULDER SYDNEY J V. BOATMAN RICHARD R JR DMD PC DB

16-L-000682, CROWDER 320




10:45 AM




TEAGUE GLORIA V. CRANCER SUZANNE

15-L-001118, BARBERIS 230




1:00 PM




THOMPSON JOHN W V. COTTRELL INC

09-L-001067, MUDGE 302




BOYER RHONDA AS SPEC ADMIN OF V. MAHANTA BANTI MD

16-L-000478, MUDGE 302




VERNING NATHAN V. HEARTLAND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY L

16-L-000437, MUDGE 302




SCHMIDT FRED V. BARNETT OUTDOORS LLC

16-L-000808, MUDGE 302




GATEWAY PUBLIC ADJUSTERS PC V. BRUNAUGH JASON

14-L-001055, MUDGE 302




BUTLER LAWRENCE V. SCHNUCK MARKETS INC

15-L-001551, MUDGE 302




THACKER AMANDA V. ROCK BOTTOM LLC

16-L-000848, MUDGE 302




CHALMERS MICHELLE V. HERITAGE ENTERPRISES INC

14-L-001068, MUDGE 302




WILTSHIRE CAROL V. OSF HEALTHCARE

15-L-001421, MUDGE 302




MCBRIDE KRISTINA V. SHATZ RICHARD MD

16-L-000511, MUDGE 302




DANT JULIANNE M AS MOTHER AND V. CARPENTER WILL

15-L-001610, MUDGE 302




URSCH COREY V. TRI CITY REGIONAL PORT DISTRIC

14-L-000907, MUDGE 302




WILLIAMS BILLY V V. WIDMAN CONSTRUCTION INC

11-L-000766, MUDGE 302




LAFOND LARRY V. SMITH JORDAN

15-L-000921, MUDGE 302




SUMMERS GILBERT V. WALMART STORES INC

14-L-001472, MUDGE 302




RASMUSSEN LORA INDIVIDUALLY V. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS HEALTH FACIL

16-L-000297, MUDGE 302




MITCHELL KERRIE V. HAEFER BONNIE N

07-L-000802, MUDGE 302




WALLENDORF LAURA AS SPEC ADM O V. ST ANTHONYS PHYSICIAN GROUP

14-L-000060, MUDGE 302




BIECHLER TANNER V. TRIPLE L AG SUPPLY INC

16-L-000284, MUDGE 302




IRWIN LEE V. AMERIGAS PROPANE

15-L-000183, MUDGE 302




LEWIS SAM K V. APEX PHYSICAL THERAPY, LLC A/K

16-L-000110, MUDGE 302




TEDFORD GARY V. ACE VENTURES COLLINSVILLE LLC

15-L-001131, MUDGE 302




HARRIS MARK SR V. CRAIN TRAVIS E

16-L-000527, MUDGE 302




SHEIKH ZAKI V. SUNSET HILLS COUNTRY CLUB

15-L-001120, MUDGE 302




Friday, August 26




9:00 AM




ANDERSON CONNIE V. GILES JEREMY DBA HCG DIRECT LL

16-L-000554, RUTH 311




PENCE CHARLES W V. WEBER BRENNAN D

15-L-001444, BARBERIS 230




10:30 AM




FEATHER RIVER RAIL SOCIETY V. GATEWAY RAIL SERVICES INC

11-L-000919, BARBERIS 230




Tuesday, August 30




9:00 AM




NISWANDER ZACHARY BY/THROUGH H V. HWACHEON MACHINERY AMERICA

11-L-000136, MUDGE 302




1:30 PM




KELLERMAN IND AND ON BEHALF OF V. MARION BASS SECURITIES

01-L-000457, CROWDER 320




Wednesday, August 31




1:00 PM




MUELLER RON V. CS DISTRIBUTION INC

14-L-001246, RUTH 311




PEARL MARKET INC DBA SCHWEGELS V. WOODS DONEETIA

15-L-001611, SC JUDGE TBA

Friday, August 26




9:00 AM




ELLIOTT KIMBERLY INDIVIDUALLY V. AERCO INTERNATIONAL INC

14-L-001583, ASBESTOS J 327




MCGUIRE HATTIE L V. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATI

15-L-000069, ASBESTOS J 327




MURPHY SHIRLEY A INDIVIDUALLY V. AIR AND LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORA

15-L-000457, ASBESTOS J 327




TODD AUBREY JR V. 4520 CORP INC

14-L-001172, ASBESTOS J 327




MANCIL DONNA MAE TERRY INDIVID V. ABITIBI CONSOLIDATED FKA DONOH

15-L-000280, ASBESTOS J 327




BROUGHTEN JAMES V. 84 LUMBER

15-L-000992, ASBESTOS J 327




HAMEL GENEVIA IND V. ASBESTOS CORPORATION LIMITED

15-L-001220, ASBESTOS J 327




GRANT DELORAS V. 84 LUMBER

14-L-001185, ASBESTOS J 327




EDENFIELD ROSALIE INDIVIDUALLY V. ABB INC SUCC TO ITE ELECTRICAL

14-L-001574, ASBESTOS J 327




ALFORD JOHN INDIVIDUALLY V. ALFA LAVAL INC SUCC TO SHARPLE

14-L-001622, ASBESTOS J 327




SHIFFLETT ROGER V. 84 LUMBER

15-L-000964, ASBESTOS J 327




PAJACZKOWSKI WALTER V. AIR AND LIQUID SYSTEMS CORP AS

15-L-001203, ASBESTOS J 327




PELTO SARAH J V. 3M COMPANY FKA MINNESOTA MININ

15-L-001246, ASBESTOS J 327




LONES DALE V. ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC

15-L-001651, ASBESTOS J 327




SMITH DANNY V. AERCO INTERNATIONAL INC

15-L-001665, ASBESTOS J 327




FRAHM GARY V. 3M COMPANY FKA MINNESOTA MININ

15-L-001687, ASBESTOS J 327




DURAN WILLIAM V. 84 LUMBER

16-L-000065, ASBESTOS J 327




PATSY ROBBINS INDIVIDUALLY V. ARVINMERITOR INC

16-L-000189, ASBESTOS J 327




REA RALPH V. AERCO INTERNATIONAL INC

16-L-000344, ASBESTOS J 327




MATTHEWS JOANNE L V. AERCO INTERNATIONAL INC

16-L-000423, ASBESTOS J 327




SULLIVAN WILLIAM V. 3 M COMPANY

16-L-000628, ASBESTOS J 327




ZAMBONI JAMES V. 3M COMPANY

16-L-000654, ASBESTOS J 327




CUTLER WILLIAM V. 3 M COMPANY

16-L-000711, ASBESTOS J 327




MAURER HERBIE ALLEN V. AII ACQUISITIONS LLC FKA AII A

16-L-000712, ASBESTOS J 327




ROBERTSON DENNIS V. 5 STAR CONSTRUCTION CO

14-L-001727, ASBESTOS J 327




CHRISTIAN EVELYN C AS PERS REP V. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATI

13-L-000134, ASBESTOS J 327




DEGREGORIO RICHARD V. AERCO INTERNATIONAL INC

13-L-001901, ASBESTOS J 327




HAYES JANET L INDIVIDUALLY V. AFTON PUMPS INC

14-L-000026, ASBESTOS J 327




ASHTON BILLIE V. 84 LUMBER

14-L-000649, ASBESTOS J 327




GUERRERO GREGORY INDIVIDUALLY V. AMERICAN OPTICAL CORP

14-L-000676, ASBESTOS J 327




COSTIC PEARLIE INDIVIDUALLY V. 84 LUMBER

14-L-001083, ASBESTOS J 327




LEE JESSICA INDIVIDUALLY V. AMERICAN OPTICAL CORP

14-L-001217, ASBESTOS J 327




ORAM SUZANNE V. 84 LUMBER

14-L-001316, ASBESTOS J 327




NOWAK JOHN V. ABB INC DBA ABB DE INC INDIVID

14-L-001352, ASBESTOS J 327




EASTERLING SHIRLEY V. 84 LUMBER

14-L-001376, ASBESTOS J 327




BOOP ELWOOD V. ABB INC SUCC TO ITE ELECTRICAL

14-L-001500, ASBESTOS J 327




ANDREWS KEITH SPEC ADM OF THE V. 84 LUMBER

14-L-001688, ASBESTOS J 327




JENKINS ZULEKA INDIVIDUALLY V. AMERICAN OPTICAL CORP

14-L-001714, ASBESTOS J 327




MARYELLEN WEBER INDIVIDUALLY A V. AERCO INTERNATIONAL INC

15-L-000057, ASBESTOS J 327




SMITH EDWARD V. 4520 CORP INC

15-L-000158, ASBESTOS J 327




MASTERSON DAVID B INDIVIDUALLY V. ABB INC SUCC TO ITE ELECTRICAL

15-L-000213, ASBESTOS J 327




BILLUPS LOUISE INDIVIDUALLY V. 84 LUMBER

15-L-000227, ASBESTOS J 327




LUNDY THOMAS V. 4520 CORP INC SUCCESSOR IN INT

15-L-000417, ASBESTOS J 327




SHIRCLIFF NANCY INDIVIDUALLY V. AFC HOLCROFT LLC

15-L-000846, ASBESTOS J 327




CANTONI SAMUEL V. A W CHESTERTON COMPANY

15-L-001084, ASBESTOS J 327




COMMANDER JOHNNY V. 84 LUMBER

15-L-001108, ASBESTOS J 327




DAWSON DAVID V. ABB INC SUCC TO ITE ELECTRICAL

15-L-001312, ASBESTOS J 327




ARTHAUD DELBERT WAYNE INDIVIDU V. AERCO INTERNATIONAL INC

15-L-001345, ASBESTOS J 327




HARAMES CHRISTOPHER V. ABB INC SUCC TO ITE ELECTRICAL

15-L-001562, ASBESTOS J 327




STUCKART LEROY V. AMERICAN OPTICAL CORPORATION

16-L-000104, ASBESTOS J 327




BALOG GEORGE G INDIVIDUALLY V. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORP AS S

16-L-000482, ASBESTOS J 327




YOUNG GENE V. 3 M COMPANY

16-L-000524, ASBESTOS J 327




ROUGHTON CHARLENE INDIVIDUALLY V. 84 LUMBER COMPANY

16-L-000674, ASBESTOS J 327




SENUTA RUTH INDIVIDUALLY V. AW CHESTERTON COMPANY

16-L-000726, ASBESTOS J 327




DEPOWSKI CHESTER V. AO SMITH CORPORATION

16-L-000745, ASBESTOS J 327




PREZEC LOUIS V. AW CHESTERTON COMPANY

16-L-000756, ASBESTOS J 327




YARBROUGH DONALD AND V. 3M COMPANY

16-L-000561, ASBESTOS J 327




HALEY JOSEPH INDIVIDUALLY V. AAMCO TOOLS AKA HENNESSY INDUS

12-L-001310, ASBESTOS J 327




BOHANAN GLENDON V. ARVINMERITOR INC AS SUCCESSOR

13-L-000916, ASBESTOS J 327




MARTIN SAMMY V. AUTOZONE INC

13-L-001484, ASBESTOS J 327




MCCAIN CYNTHIA INDIVIDUALLY V. AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC

13-L-001143, ASBESTOS J 327




WALLACE WILLIAM V. ADVOCATE MINES LTD

13-L-001599, ASBESTOS J 327




JOHNSTON MARY N INDIVIDUALLY V. AMERICAN OPTICAL CORP

14-L-001173, ASBESTOS J 327




BEAULIEU RONALD V. AERCO INTERNATIONAL INC

14-L-001292, ASBESTOS J 327




ATKINS LINDA INDIVIDUALLY V. AERCO INTERNATIONAL INC

14-L-001595, ASBESTOS J 327




BARRETT LAURA A INDIVIDUALLY V. AGCO CORP FKA MASSEY FERGUSON

15-L-000089, ASBESTOS J 327




HANSEN ERIC AS SPECIAL ADMINIS V. 4520 CORP INC SUCC TO THE SHAW

15-L-001016, ASBESTOS J 327




DAVIS JACK D V. AERCO INTERNATIONAL INC

15-L-001200, ASBESTOS J 327




MANN ANNA INDIVIDUALLY V. 84 LUMBER

15-L-000937, ASBESTOS J 327




SCHMALTZ TERRY V. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATI

15-L-001452, ASBESTOS J 327




CASILLAS RODOLFO V. 3 M COMPANY

16-L-000541, ASBESTOS J 327




JOPLIN LORETTA INDIVIDUALLY V. 3 M COMPANY

16-L-000793, ASBESTOS J 327




DETIENNE MEARL INDIVIDUALLY V. AMERON INTERNATIONAL CORP SUCC

14-L-001042, ASBESTOS J 327




BRIDGEMAN BRENDA INDIVIDUALLY V. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO INC

15-L-000374, ASBESTOS J 327




REED JOYCE INDIVIDUALLY V. AMERICAN OPTICAL CORP

15-L-000463, ASBESTOS J 327




GREVEN THEODORUS F V. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORP AS S

15-L-000559, ASBESTOS J 327




WILSON EDWARD V. AH BENNETT COMPANY

15-L-000685, ASBESTOS J 327




HEIPLE RUSSELL INDIVIDUALLY V. AGCO CORP FKA MASSEY FERGUSON

15-L-001292, ASBESTOS J 327




LAUVE DONALD V. ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP SUCC

15-L-001349, ASBESTOS J 327




GENTRY JIMMY V. 3M COMPANY

16-L-000129, ASBESTOS J 327




WARWICK JAMES K INDVIDUALLY V. 3 M COMPANY

16-L-000143, ASBESTOS J 327




WILLIAMS LILLIE V. 3 M COMPANY

16-L-000613, ASBESTOS J 327




SHERWOOD LYNNE INDIVIDUALLY V. ABB INC SUCC TO ITE ELECTRICAL

15-L-000592, ASBESTOS J 327




LEVIS OBVIDIO W V. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORP AS S

16-L-000706, ASBESTOS J 327




HATTERICK LINDA INDIVIDUALLY V. AKZO NOBEL PAINTS LLC FKA GLID

12-L-000069, ASBESTOS J 327




TANKERSLEY TERESA INDIVIDUALLY V. 84 LUMBER COMPANY

13-L-000260, ASBESTOS J 327




LARSON WESLEY E V. AKZO NOBEL PAINTS LLC FKA THE

13-L-000959, ASBESTOS J 327




ELLYSON JUDITH AS ADM OF EST O V. AKZO NOBEL PAINTS LLC FKA THE

13-L-001020, ASBESTOS J 327




TAYLOR SCOTT AS EXE OF EST OF V. AKZO NOBEL PAINTS LLC FKA THE

13-L-001024, ASBESTOS J 327




EADS WILMA ANN INDIVIDUALLY V. ACF INDUSTRIES LLC

13-L-000050, ASBESTOS J 327




TAGGART CAROL V. ALLIS CHALMERS CORP PRODUCTS L

15-L-001414, ASBESTOS J 327




BROWN JESSE L V. ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL INC

15-L-001501, ASBESTOS J 327




DUFUR GEORGIA INDIVIDUALLY V. 84 LUMBER

15-L-000800, ASBESTOS J 327




DICKENSON CYNTHIA V. A W CHESTERTON INC

15-L-001573, ASBESTOS J 327




GRANT CHARLES V. 3 M COMPANY

16-L-000618, ASBESTOS J 327




STELTENPOHL DONALD E INDIVIDUA V. ACF INDUSTRIES LLC

12-L-000084, ASBESTOS J 327




NEWSOM GREGORY A INDIVIDUALLY V. ACF INDUSTRIES LLC

12-L-001395, ASBESTOS J 327




CRIHFIELD JOYCE INDIVIDUALLY V. BORGWARNER MORSE TEC, INC.

12-L-001436, ASBESTOS J 327




HIGGINS MARY L INDIVIDUALLY V. ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC

12-L-001569, ASBESTOS J 327




COMPTON JANICE A INDIVIDUALLY V. ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC

12-L-001597, ASBESTOS J 327




KNIGHT FRANKLIN JR AS SPC ADM V. BORGWARNER MORSE TEC INC FKA B

12-L-001933, ASBESTOS J 327




LACY OTHA B INDIVIDUALLY V. ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC

13-L-000051, ASBESTOS J 327




MULLIN MARGARET A INDIVIDUALLY V. ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC

13-L-000187, ASBESTOS J 327




CARPENTER BRYAN AS SPC ADM OF V. AMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATI

13-L-000197, ASBESTOS J 327




FALCON LORI INDIVIDUALLY V. 84 LUMBER COMPANY

13-L-000221, ASBESTOS J 327




SIBLEY JR AARON INDIVIDUALLY V. ALLIED MANUFACTURING COMPANY

13-L-000317, ASBESTOS J 327




BALDWIN WARREN DEBBIE INDIVIDU V. 84 LUMBER COMPANY

13-L-000361, ASBESTOS J 327




DAVIS BRETT AS SPC ADM OF EST V. 84 LUMBER COMPANY

13-L-000501, ASBESTOS J 327




BREEDEN CAROLE INDIVIDUALLY V. 84 LUMBER COMPANY

13-L-000574, ASBESTOS J 327




CHRISTIAN SHIRLEY S INDIVIDUAL V. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATI

13-L-000598, ASBESTOS J 327




WOLFE JACQUELINE INDIVIDUALLY V. BIRD INC

13-L-000767, ASBESTOS J 327




KOENIG BARBARA INDIVIDUALLY V. 84 LUMBER COMPANY

13-L-000786, ASBESTOS J 327




AUSTIN JUNELL K INDIVIDUALLY V. ACF INDUSTRIES LLC

13-L-000893, ASBESTOS J 327




KING ESTHER INDIVIDUALLY V. AIR AND LIQUID SYSTEMS CORP AS

13-L-001078, ASBESTOS J 327




GIBSON KATHLEEN V. AKZO NOBEL PAINTS LLC FKA THE

13-L-001271, ASBESTOS J 327




QUINTERO PAUL V. AKZO NOBEL PAINTS LLC FKA THE

13-L-001331, ASBESTOS J 327




BLAKE CAROLE INDIVIDUALLY V. AKZO NOBEL PAINTS LLC FKA THE

13-L-001461, ASBESTOS J 327




WEISS JAMES V. AKZO NOBEL PAINTS LLC FKA THE

13-L-001643, ASBESTOS J 327




SMITH NONNIE M INDIVIDUALLY V. 3M AKA MINNESOTA MINING AND MA

13-L-001747, ASBESTOS J 327




DUDLEY JACK INDIVIDUALLY V. 84 LUMBER COMPANY

13-L-002007, ASBESTOS J 327




LYNN LAURA INDIVIDUALLY V. 84 LUMBER COMPANY

14-L-000250, ASBESTOS J 327




BUSSEY DEANNA V. 84 LUMBER COMPANY

14-L-000253, ASBESTOS J 327




PURSLEY DORIS AS SPEC ADMIN OF V. 84 LUMBER COMPANY

14-L-000280, ASBESTOS J 327




WHITE KAREN INDIVIDUALLY V. AKZO NOBEL PAINTS LLC FKA THE

14-L-000316, ASBESTOS J 327




JOHNSON JODY AS SPC ADM OF THE V. 84 LUMBER COMPANY

14-L-000820, ASBESTOS J 327




HAYES ALTA INDIVIDUALLY V. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATI

14-L-000952, ASBESTOS J 327




KEATON KAREN AS PERS REP OF ES V. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATI

14-L-001025, ASBESTOS J 327




RODRIGUEZ DAVID INDIVIDUALLY V. AIR AND LIQUID SYSTEMS CORP AK

14-L-001338, ASBESTOS J 327




OTWELL BRENDA D INDIVIDUALLY V. AIR AND LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORA

15-L-000135, ASBESTOS J 327




HARRINGTON LEVON V. AO SMITH CORPORATION

15-L-000917, ASBESTOS J 327




DEACON DAWN V. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATI

15-L-001021, ASBESTOS J 327




JOHNSON COURTNEY C INDIVIDUALL V. BORG WARNER MORSE TEC LLC AS S

15-L-001055, ASBESTOS J 327




BRACCI COLLEEN INDIVIDUALLY V. AIR AND LIQUID SYSTEMS CORP AK

15-L-001493, ASBESTOS J 327




RIPOSTA FRANK V. ASBESTOS CORPORATION LIMITED

15-L-001598, ASBESTOS J 327




MELLIN JOHN A V. BRAND INSULATIONS INC

15-L-001603, ASBESTOS J 327




ECKERT SHIRLEY M INDIVIDUALLY V. ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL INC

16-L-000046, ASBESTOS J 327




KUST JOHN E SR V. 3M COMPANY FKA MINNESOTA MININ

16-L-000148, ASBESTOS J 327




KRAEMER ROBERT V. 3M COMPANY FKA MINNESOTA MININ

16-L-000451, ASBESTOS J 327




KUNZ JOHN V. AJAX MAGNETHERMIC CORPORATION

16-L-000465, ASBESTOS J 327




PAGAN JOSE V. 3 M COMPANY

16-L-000542, ASBESTOS J 327




SUTHERLAND RITA KAY PERSONAL R V. AO SMITH CORPORATION

16-L-000729, ASBESTOS J 327




GORE SUZANNE INDIVIDUALLY V. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATI

12-L-001179, ASBESTOS J 327




GREENWELL LINDA INDIVIDUALLY V. AMERICAN BILTRITE INC

13-L-001260, ASBESTOS J 327




COOK KATHY R INDIVIDUALLY V. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATI

14-L-000099, ASBESTOS J 327




MAYFIELD BONNIE INDIVIDUALLY V. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATI

14-L-000438, ASBESTOS J 327




CASTELLON CECILLE INDIVIDUALLY V. AIR AND LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORA

14-L-000937, ASBESTOS J 327




SMITH SUZANNE INDIVIDUALLY V. AIR AND LIQUID SYSTEMS CORP AK

14-L-001087, ASBESTOS J 327




GALLOWAY KATHRYN V. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATI

15-L-000068, ASBESTOS J 327




DIVIRGILIO SYLVANA J V. GEORGIA PACIFIC LLC

15-L-001297, ASBESTOS J 327




BROWN DAVID F V. ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP

15-L-001305, ASBESTOS J 327




VIVO MICHAEL V. AW CHESTERTON COMPANY

15-L-001604, ASBESTOS J 327




DONNIE PUCKETT INDIVIDUALLY V. A W CHESTERTON COMPANY

16-L-000100, ASBESTOS J 327




HARRIS TAMMY J INDIVIDUALLY V. AW CHESTERTON COMPANY

16-L-000107, ASBESTOS J 327




INGRAM SAMUEL V. AW CHESTERTON COMPANY

16-L-000434, ASBESTOS J 327




WILLIAMS CLARENCE V. 3M COMPANY

16-L-000710, ASBESTOS J 327




SPRADLIN BETTY INDIVIDUALLY V. AIR AND LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORA

14-L-001478, ASBESTOS J 327




WIRTZ GERALD V. 3 M COMPANY

16-L-000798, ASBESTOS J 327




HAUN MARVIN V. 3 M COMPANY

16-L-000849, ASBESTOS J 327




HANBY LINDA INDIVIDUALLY V. AW CHESTERTON COMPANY

16-L-000755, ASBESTOS J 327




REID, VALORIE A INDIVIDUALLY V. ATLAS ASBESTOS COMPANY

15-L-001486, ASBESTOS J 327

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9:00 AM




TOSH NEDRA V. AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC

13-L-000633, ASBESTOS JU 327

With more than $500,000 at the disposal of Democrat lawmaker Dan Beiser of Alton, the race for the 111th House District figures to be one of the more competitive legislative races statewide this fall.

Beiser seeks a seventh term in office as he faces Republican Mike Babcock, Wood River Township Supervisor, in November. Babcock, township supervisor since 2009, did not run in the March primary; he was slated by the Madison County Republican organization in May.

The total in Beiser's campaign fund at the end of June - $527,380 - represents more than seven times what a state lawmaker's salary is. State representatives earn $67,000 annually, plus $111 per diem stipends while lawmakers are in session.

Beiser's war chest is more than double that of his associated senator, Democrat Bill Haine of Alton, who also is seeking re-election, to an eighth term. Haine had $28,450 on hand at the end of June, plus a $230,000 investment total.

Haine does not have an opponent in November.

Beiser's account ballooned in the fourth quarter of 2015 when within three months he received $376,042 in contributions - mostly from labor groups, such as:

-Laborers' Political League Education Fund, Washington D.C., $53,900;

-Construction and General Laborers' District Council of Chicago & Vicinity Labor, $53,900;

-Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters Political Action Committee, $52,050;

-Health Care Council of Illinois PAC, $50,000;

-I.U.O.E. Local 150 Local Area Poliltical Action Committee, $48,900;

-UA Political Education Committee, Anapolis, Md., $10,000.

By comparison, Babcock had $6,110 on hand at the end of June. The only financial support that has come close to matching Beiser's has been $106,461 in funds and staff support from the House Republican Organization. The Illinois Republican Party also spent nearly $18,000 for Babcock campaign literature.

While funding for the two camps is disproportionate, the candidates have one thing in common. They are both supported by their party leaders: House Speaker Michael Madigan behind Beiser and Gov. Bruce Rauner behind Babcock.

And both candidates are relying on negative sentiment voters have for those leaders, which was largely fomented during a contentious two-year long budget battle that eased when lawmakers passed a stopgap measure June 30 on the brink of entering another fiscal year without a budget.

While polls have showed that both leaders have suffered loss of support among voters, Speaker Madigan has fared worse.

During his campaign announcement, Babcock called the agenda of Beiser and Madigan "a failure," one that has left the state bankrupt, with crushing property taxes and a "crumbling" education system.

"Beiser doesn’t answer to his constituents; he answers only to powerful Illinois House Speaker, Michael Madigan,” Babcock said. “If Dan Beiser won’t stand up to Mike Madigan, I will."

Beiser, whose party has controlled the state legislature for decades, blamed Springfield's "toxic political environment" on Rauner and his allies.

“Governor Rauner has held our state hostage for over a year in an attempt to pass his dangerous political agenda, which harms working families by attacking the good, well-paying jobs of our community," Beiser said in a statement. "Now Rauner has recruited Mike Babcock to lead this assault right here in our area and stab his own neighbors in their backs."

It's been three years since the St Clair County Courthouse was shaken by a drug scandal - leaving one judge dead from a cocaine overdose, another in prison for heroin possession and a probation officer pleading guilty to supplying the judges with illegal drugs - but the issue of drug testing has been revived for two candidates in the 20th Judicial Circuit.

The rivals, chief Judge John Baricevic, Democrat, and Belleville attorney Ron Duebbert, Republican, are at odds not only on public positions taken by one another on the issue of drug testing, but also whether a program actually exists in the St, Clair County court system.

Since earlier this month, Baricevic and Duebbert have sparred back and forth in personal communication regarding statements made by Duebbert in a campaign video. In the video, Duebbert says his opponent has had three years to eradicate drug use and abuse in the judiciary, but that the chief judge does not believe judges should be drug tested, "and that is unacceptable."

Baricevic was chief judge at the time newly appointed associate judge Joe Christ overdosed while in the company of then circuit judge Michael Cook at a Cook family hunting lodge in Pike County, Ill., in March 2013. Former probation officer James Fogarty later admitted to providing drugs to Christ and Cook prior to their weekend trip to the lodge.

Baricevic has asked Duebbert to remove his campaign video and replace it with a retraction and an apology.

The chief judge also said on Tuesday that he is not against drug testing. 

“I am not and never have been against drug testing judges,” Baricevic told the Record. “The United States Supreme Court and federal court prohibit mandatory random drug testing of judges and any elected official."

Duebbert released letters shared between the two.

In a second letter dated Aug. 9, Baricevic told Duebbert that he supports random drug testing. He also stated that the "20th Circuit has a voluntary drug screening program in which I participate."

Duebbert said the only way to restore faith in a judiciary "held in low regard" is to implement a drug testing program for all judges. He called on Baricevic to make his own records available.  

"It's not his private positions that matter," Duebbert said. "It's his public actions."

Republican Circuit Judge Stephen McGlynn, who won election in 2014 running on a platform of restoring integrity to a judicial system damaged by the drug scandal, said he was not aware of a voluntary drug screening program as described by Baricevic.

McGlynn said that he asks applicants seeking associate judgeships or those re-applying for associate positions to drug test. He said he does not vote for applicants who decline to be tested.

He said that he does not require applicants to make results public.He also said that he continues to submit to drug tests and makes his records publicly available. 

Meanwhile, Baricevic said that Duebbert is "misinformed" on his position.

“When I was telling people on TV and in the press there would be no drug screens, I was talking about the direction of the U.S. Supreme Court saying that we can’t do it,” Baricevic said. “Deubbert once again misinformed of my position as a chief judge required to follow that law versus my opinion that I think the Supreme Court ought to make judges do random mandatory drug screens. They’re absolutely two different things. There’s a bright line between the requirements for I have to do as a judge versus what I prefer the law to be.”

He said that for blood or urine drug tests to be effective, they have to be mandatory and random.

“The person supplying the specimen can’t know when it’s going to happen, otherwise if it's voluntary it means that the person giving the sample gets to pick when he’s going to give it," he said. "Voluntary quite frankly is a waste of time. We do it to try to keep the confidence of the citizens up. A judge could be an absolute heroin addict, not take it for two days, go give his blood, give me the results and I would never know.”

Duebbert has challenged Baricevic to a series of debates, which Baricevic said he would be interested in participating but didn’t see any real value.

“I’m more than happy to talk about the issues," he said. "But, I don’t know that anyone pays attention to debates.”

Baricevic criticized Duebbert for boasting that he supports following the constitution..."then at the same time he suggests that I do mandatory drug screens which are against the law." 

"Ron Duebbert has a history of making things up," he said. "He’s been censored by the Illinois Supreme Court for doing so and he’s making things up again.”

Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis granted voluntary dismissal against CKE Restaurant Holdings in a customer’s lawsuit alleging she slipped and fell in the Hardee’s parking lot.

Plaintiff Georgia Gurley filed a motion for voluntary dismissal of her claims against CKE Restaurant Holdings Inc. on July 21. Her claims against defendant North Star Foods LLC have not been dismissed.

Ruth dismissed CKE Restaurant Holdings without prejudice on July 29.

Gurley filed her lawsuit on June 21. She claims she was at the Staunton Hardee’s on April 8 when she allegedly tripped and fell in the parking lot while exiting her vehicle.

She claims she suffered broken ribs and a fractured pelvis. As a result, she claims she has to use a walker, the suit states.

Gurley alleges the defendant failed to maintain a safe means of egress for elderly customers who use the parking spot, failed to keep the parking area free of debris and allowed negligently decorative river rocks to be on the walkway.

The plaintiff seeks a judgment of more than $50,000.

She is represented by Greg Roosevelt of Roosevelt Law Office in Edwardsville.

Madison County Circuit Court case number 16-L-866

Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder denied summary judgment but granted dismissal of counts I through VI in a fee dispute lawsuit brought by Roth Law’s former associate attorney Deborah Besserman.

Crowder entered the order on July 19.

Besserman, a former law clerk and paralegal who later was hired as an associate attorney of the firm, filed the lawsuit last October claiming the firm reached an oral agreement to split certain legal fees.

In her suit, she claims that once she passed the bar and began working as an attorney, she agreed to a change in compensation. However, in early 2014, Besserman and another attorney were called into a meeting where the defendant again announced a change in the fee sharing provision, but neither agreed.

Besserman claims her employer kept changing the fee sharing plan without agreement from the associate attorneys for the rest of her employment. She was terminated by Roth Law on July 1, 2014.

The plaintiff claims Roth’s refusal to pay her share of the attorney’s fees breaches the compensation agreement and the covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

Defendant Ron Roth moved to dismiss counts I through VI, which allege Roth Law Offices is individually liable. He claims he operates his law practice as an LLC and cannot be individually liable.

Crowder notes that Besserman makes nearly identical allegations against Roth Law Offices.

“The individual may be named in counts so long as the counts are for individual acts and not those of the LLC. The court dismisses Counts I through VI and grants plaintiff leave to file an amended complaint amending those counts against defendant individually within 28 days,” the order states.

In Roth’s motion for summary judgment for counts VIII, X, XI and XII, he says that a fee-sharing agreement between a lawyer and non-lawyer is a violation of the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct.

Crowder denied his motion, stating that he misread the complaint.

“Plaintiff does state some of the cases were brought to the Roth firm prior to her completing law school and becoming licensed. But the complaint alleges that the compensation agreement was entered into after her licensure.

“Additionally, the fees sought are not the standard referral fee where one law firm refers a case to another and the client must sign an agreement with both for fees to be shared; here, plaintiff alleges she was an employee of Roth and the agreement was made while she was in the same firm.

“She seeks to enforce terms of an alleged oral contract for employment,” the order states.

Besserman is represented by Bill T. Walker of Granite City and James Parrot of St. Louis.

Roth Law is represented by Christopher Hunter of Hunter and Johnson in Godfrey.

Madison County Circuit Court case number 15-L-1377

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – John Simmons of Alton, who made more than $1 million suing a business that Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster sued at the same time, has contributed $275,000 to Koster’s campaign for governor.  
Except for unions, no one has given Koster more.  
Simmons gave $100,000 to Koster’s campaign for attorney general in 2012.  
In March 2013, Koster and the Simmons firm filed separate suits against Republic Services in St. Louis County court. 
Republic Services owns a smoldering landfill in Bridgeton, Mo.  
The Simmons firm sued first, on behalf of neighbors representing a plaintiff class.  
Koster’s suit for the people of Missouri followed eight days later.  
Both suits claimed odors from the landfill harmed the local quality of life.  
The Simmons suit sought compensatory and punitive damages, plus any other necessary relief.  
Koster’s suit sought to recover cleanup costs and any illegal gains from dumping solid waste into waters of the state.  
In April 2013, Republic Services removed the Simmons suit to U.S. district court.  
There, in May 2013, John Phillips of the Simmons firm moved to remedy and prevent communications between Republic Services and the class.  
Phillips wrote that after plaintiffs filed their suit, Koster sued Republic Services on substantially similar allegations.  
Koster and Republic Services entered into a consent injunction including remediation efforts that would cause odors to worsen for 26 days.  
Phillips wrote that Republic Services offered temporary housing in a “Dear Neighbor” letter to residents within a mile.  
He found the letter inadequate and ambiguous, and wrote that it did not reserve the rights of the class nor provide security for their homes.  
He wrote that Republic Services did not contact him before contacting the class.  
He wrote that a mile was precisely the distance in the class definition.  
In a conference with Magistrate Judge Thomas Mummert, Republic Services agreed to send a letter stating that accepting the offer would not release legal claims.     
“Such clarification is particularly important in the instant case due to the pendency of the state court action initiated by the Missouri attorney general about the same landfill,” Mummert wrote.  
“Thus, confusion is a distinct possibility.”  
Mummert wrote that defense counsel could avoid confusion by notice to plaintiff’s counsel of a prospective communication.  
In June 2013, Simmons gave $50,000 to Koster’s campaign.  
In September 2013, he gave Koster another $50,000.  
In October 2013, Phillips proposed to amend the complaint.
Republic Services responded by moving to compel production of medical records, arguing that the new complaint alleged injuries as well as damages.  
Phillips answered that the class claimed only property damage and “attendant discomfort and inconvenience.”  
Mummert denied the motion, finding no injury claim in the complaint.  
In November 2013, Republic Services moved to exclude a report of an expert for the class, a portion of another expert’s report, and another expert’s declaration.  
An attachment from a deposition showed expert Albert Heber didn’t know the area included chemical manufacturers and formulators.  
Phillips asked for an extension of time to reply, and Mummert granted it.  
No reply followed, for Phillips and Republic Services achieved substantial agreement in December 2013.  
In March 2014, a lingering dispute caused Phillips to issue a subpoena on owners of apartments for rental records.  
The owners moved to quash the subpoena, and Mummert denied the motion.  
Parties submitted a settlement in April 2014, and Mummert granted preliminary approval.  
The court sent notice to 1,244 class members.  
Mummert received objections, starting with Elmer Klump and Margaret Klump.  
They wrote that, “it is not in the best interest of our property value or our health and welfare to be bound by the terms of the settlement and receive a cash payment at this time.”  
Frank Licata and Lupe Licata wrote that the Simmons firm couldn’t represent them, “because we have never signed anything with them, nor have we asked them to represent us.”  
“Republic cannot throw a few dollars at homeowners and then proceed to stink them out,” they wrote.   
Sharon Bishop wrote, “I am really concerned that this lawsuit was settled and we had to sign claim forms before they are going to open the trench which will be bad because of the extra stench and possible radiation coming from it.”  
An adjacent landfill holds radioactive waste.  
Bishop wrote, “I feel they settled so no one would be able to make any other claims against them.”  
David Blackwell wrote, “How anybody can call giving up your health rights a proper thing to do is beyond me.”  
Martha Watson of Bridgeton disagreed with the settlement, “because the issues with health and property concerns related to the landfill have not been resolved.”  
Thomas Olmsted and Jill Olmsted wrote, “We will not agree to a settlement that allows unjust treatment to me or other members of our community.”  
They wrote that the attorneys were being compensated at an unmerited rate compared to the small amount of damages they would receive.  
“We feel that the attorneys representing us are underestimating the strong liability case against the defendant and that the proposed fee may be unduly influencing their willingness to further litigate this matter,” they wrote.  
Joseph Smith and Deanna Smith wrote that they felt they should be compensated for more money.  
They wrote that they had their house on the market and felt that the landfill odor and its reputation brought negative attention to the neighborhood.   
Geraldine Zoll, Mitchell Vardeman and Heather Bernardon each signed a statement that, “The property values have dropped and no one would ever buy here if I wanted to sell. $5,000 is an insult!”  
Twelve neighbors signed a statement claiming the settlement betrayed them.  
“The settlement is great for the defendant because it releases a multitude of claims with the potential of monetary damages,” it stated.   
“The settlement is great for the class counsel because it receives overwhelming compensation.”  
John James retained lawyer Daniel Finney, who argued that the release was vague, confusing and misleading as to what claims survive the settlement.  
He wrote that counsel on both sides made statements that contradict the release.  
In response to the objections, the parties deleted from the release a statement that there are no known substantial radioactive emissions from the landfill.  
They added a sentence allowing recovery for radiation contamination of property.  
In July 2014, Phillips moved for an award of $1,154,984.86 in fees, $251,147.21 in expenses, and $15,000 each for six class representatives.   
He wrote that 947 individuals chose to participate, a rate of 76 percent.  
He wrote that 194 essentially opted out by not responding, 80 affirmatively opted out, and 23 objected.  
In August 2014, Mummert overruled all objections and entered final judgment.  
He ordered Republic Services to distribute $3,323,576.36 to class members and $90,000 to the class representatives.  
He ruled that class counsel could retain $1,192,281 as their fee and $253,266.64 as cost reimbursement.  
In November 2014, Simmons gave Koster $25,000.  
Simmons gave Koster $50,000 in June 2015, and $50,000 last September.  
This June, Simmons gave Koster $50,000.  
Koster’s landfill suit took a detour last year, when Republic Services removed it to U.S. district court.  
Republic Services claimed an amended complaint and expert reports implicated federal interests, but District Judge Ronnie White disagreed.  
In April, he remanded the case to the county court.             

Vermeer Manufacturing claims a hammermill operator assumed the risks of using a grinder when he was allegedly injured after the deflector shield blew down.

Plaintiff Robert Howard filed his lawsuit on June 17 against Vermeer Manufacturing Company, doing business as Vermeer Corporation, Vermeer Midwest, Vermeer Sales & Services MI, Inc. and Vermeer Texas-Louisiana.

In his complaint, Howard claims he was changing the teeth of a Vermeer HG8000 horizontal grinder on March 22 when a gust of wind blew the defector shield down, causing it to hit the top of his head and crack his hard hat. He alleges he suffered serious injuries as a result of the incident.

Howard claims the defendants failed to properly test the component of the deflector shield, failed to include proper instructions, failed to detect the defect in the product and failed to provide adequate warnings.

Vermeer Manufacturing answered the complaint on July 28 through attorney Matthew Champlin of HeplerBroom in Edwardsville.

The defendant filed six affirmative defenses against the plaintiff, arguing that he assumed the risk of injuries he allegedly sustained or his alleged damages were caused by misuse, abuse, alteration or modification of the machine.

Howard seeks a judgment of more than $50,000.

He is represented by D. Todd Mathews and Randy L. Gori of Gori, Julian & Associates in Edwardsville.

Madison County Circuit Court case number 16-L-853

Customized Distribution Services removed a former employee’s discrimination suit to federal court.

Defendants Customized Distribution Services Inc., or CDS, and Bill Marsh filed the notice of removal to the District Court for the Southern District of Illinois on Aug. 9 through attorney Jennifer Chierek Znosko of Littler Mendelson in St. Louis.

CDS and Marsh argue that removal is proper because the case is based on a federal question and involves the Illinois Human Rights Act.

Vincent Wade, an African-American, field his complaint on June 9 alleging he was subjected to discrimination, a hostile environment and harassment because of his race.

Wade claims he was terminated from his employment after he filed a discrimination complaint.

As a result, he alleges he suffered emotional distress, mental anguish, pain and suffering, inconvenience, loss of wages, loss of benefits and loss of enjoyment of life, the suit states.

Wade seeks a judgment of more than $50,000, costs of the suit, pre-judgment interest and any other relief the court deems just.

He is represented by Michael Brunton of Brunton Law Offices in Collinsville.

Madison County Circuit Court case number 16-L-820