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Madigan muzzles Illinoisans on term limits
When Mike Madigan first took his seat in the Illinois House of Representatives, the wide-eyed youth of the world were proclaiming the virtues of Coca-Cola. “I’d like to teach the world to sing, in...
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Madison County civil docket May 16-20
Monday, May 16 9 a.m. KELLERMAN IND AND ON BEHALF OF V. MARION BASS SECURITIES 01-L-000457, CROWDER 320 OSBORN MICHELLE V. DARR DAVID 13-L-002095, MUDGE 302 Friday, May 20 9 a.m. MCGREW BARBARA...
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Madison County asbestos jury docket May 16-20
Monday, May 16 9 a.m. BENTON CHAD V. ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC. 13-L-001705, ASBESTOS JU 327 CURRY RICARDO V. AFTON PUMPS INC 14-L-001158, ASBESTOS JU 327 HO LINDA AS SUCC PERS REP OF E V. 84 LUMBER...
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Madison County asbestos motion docket May 16-20
Monday , May 16 9 a.m. HO LINDA AS SUCC PERS REP OF E V. 84 LUMBER 14-L-001424, ASBESTOS J 327 JENSEN SHARON V. 84 LUMBER 15-L-000625, ASBESTOS J 327 RODRIGUEZ CRUZ INDIVIDUALLY V. 84 LUMBER...
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Madison County real estate April 18-22
April 18, 2016 ALTON $130,000- 102 BRENTWOOD BLVD. - NICHOLAS AND ELIZABETH SUTTON TO COREY DODSON AND SAMANTHA J. CHAPPELL $68,000- 3806 OSCAR - DEBBIE L. KELLY AND BRUCE L. ORBAN TO JARED L. BROOKS...
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St. Clair County real estate April 26-29
APRIL 26, 2016 BELLEVILLE $132,500- 122 E. SHORE DR. - JERRY REED TO ROBERT C. REED III $218,900- 7041 MINE HAUL RD. - RICHARD SHINN TO JOHN ALLEN ARNDT $0 -1228 LEBANON AVE. - DINA M. PAYNE TO FEDERAL...
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Madison County foreclosures April 26-May 6
April 28, 2016 121 RIVIERA TRUST V. REBECCA R. CLICK, $50,600, 121 RIVIERA DR., GRANITE CITY. 16-CH-280 BANK OF AMERICA V. MICHEAL JONES, ANDREA PROBST, $133,323.17, 402 SOUTH MAIN ST., WORDEN....
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Motion hearing scheduled in student’s mother’s suit alleging son injured when...
St. Clair County Circuit Judge Andrew Gleeson scheduled a motion hearing to address a Belleville school district’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging a student was injured when a tent collapsed at a...
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Johnson & Johnson expected to appeal recent $55 million talc verdict
ST. LOUIS — Johnson & Johnson is expected to appeal a $55 million jury verdict reached May 2 in St. Louis City Circuit Court in favor of a 62-year woman who claimed its talcum powder caused her...
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Woman seeks summary judgment in legal malpractice suit against deceased...
St. Clair County Associate Judge Randall Kelley scheduled a status conference for June 13 in a legal malpractice lawsuit alleging deceased attorney Rex Carr lost a medical malpractice case that he...
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Kelley issues protective order to protect General Mills’ business in suit...
St. Clair County Associate Judge Randall Kelley filed a protective order in a lawsuit alleging a man discovered someone’s gold tooth when he bit into a Pillsbury baked biscuit. On March 11, Kelley...
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Gleeson denies plumber’s motion to dismiss for want of prosecution
St. Clair County Circuit Judge Andrew Gleeson denied a plumber’s motion to dismiss for want of prosecution in a lawsuit alleging he started a fire while attempting to solder a wall cavity in the...
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Durbin visits SIUC stumping support of Supreme Court nominee Garland
CARBONDALE – Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, discussed the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court during a visit to the Southern Illinois...
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Man’s $1.1M lawsuit against Washington Park and police officer settled
The Village of Washington Park and one of its police officers have settled a lawsuit alleging a man was unlawfully arrested. Plaintiff Jason Fields filed a motion for voluntary dismissal with prejudice...
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AFSCME blames budget failure for lack of pay raises, unpaid healthcare and...
State employees lacking a contract ask St. Clair County Circuit Judge Robert LeChien to preserve provisions of their previous contract. Local 31 of the American Federation of State, County and...
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Widow alleges VA hospital failed to timely diagnose late husband's lung cancer
BENTON– A Thompsonville veteran's widow is representing herself in her lawsuit against the federal government, claiming the medical staff at Marion Veterans Administration Hospital failed to timely...
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Some constructive criticism from a 'simple Illinois farmer'
“Am I my brother's keeper?” How often we hear people say that, and smugly too, as if the answer were obvious. Obviously no. Even if they know the origin of that famous query, they still think the...
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Wood River car accident suit at trial in Ruth’s court
A Wood River car accident case is at trial this week in Madison County Circuit judge Dennis Ruth’s courtroom. The trial began today. Plaintiff Jason Bardsley is represented by attorney Lanny Darr of...
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Fifth District affirms workers’ compensation rulings out of McGlynn’s court
The Fifth District Appellate Court affirmed three separate workers’ compensation decisions out of St. Clair County, in which a Freeburg custodian alleges he injured his back from heavy lifting and...
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'Farmer's' advice to lawmakers: if you can't stop spending, become a private...
Loren Klaus, 88, of Glen Carbon has sage advice for elected officials grappling with the state's fiscal crisis: When you don't have enough money to pay for things, you have to cut. In a recent...
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