Insurance firm says defendants demanding too much
EAST ST. LOUIS — An insurance firm is suing John Beck, Joyce Beck, Stephen Beck, and Lisa Beck, citing alleged breach of contract.Auto-Owners Insurance Company filed a complaint on May 17 in U.S....
View ArticleCouple's lawsuit says motorist was negligent
EDWARDSVILLE — A couple's lawsuit against motorist Nicholas W. Wheeler claims the defendant took insufficient measures to prevent injuries.Gary W. Johnson and Helen A. Johnson filed a complaint on May...
View ArticlePatient says denture treatment wasn't done properly
EDWARDSVILLE — A patient is suing over dental care, alleging negligence and failure to take sufficient measures to prevent injuries. Sydney J. Mulder filed a complaint on May 17 in Madison County...
View ArticleTrial bar contributions factor big in Democratic challenge to first term...
Asbestos, mass tort and personal injury attorneys near and far factored heavily in Democrat C.J. Baricevic outraising first-term Republican Mike Bost in a contest for the 12th Congressional District....
View ArticleAttorney: Judge would put Chicago Public Schools' bankruptcy on 'short leash'
CHICAGO - Should the historic budget cuts being planned by Chicago Public Schools not prevent it from going bust, the idea of bankruptcy looms as a possibility. And should that occur, the judge to whom...
View ArticleMan says energy operation didn't maintain safe area
BELLEVILLE — A worker is suing Prairie State Energy Campus Management Inc., Prairie State Generating Company, Inc., Illinois Municipal Electric Agency, alleging negligence and claiming insufficient...
View ArticleLaughing at someone in the mirror
There are two problems with schadenfreude. First, it's just not nice to delight in another person's misfortune, which is what schadenfreude entails. Second, there's a nasty kind of karma attached to...
View ArticleSt. Clair County real estate May 6-12
MAY 6, 2016 BELLEVILLE $4,000- 30 HOWARD DR. - GLORIA ANDERSON BAILEY TO MICHAEL LEN ANDERSON $85,000- 519 S. 74TH ST. - TRACY LANES TO DAWN MOTT AND CHARLES MOTT $30,900- 1 ROSEHAVEN DR. - GEORGE AND...
View ArticleMadison County real estate May 6-12
MAY 6, 2016 ALTON $120,000- 2303 HALE DR. - VIVIAN WILLIAMS TO CEDRIC AND PATRICIA MACK $40,000- 1634 S. RODGERS AVE. - BRADLEY S. ARNOLD TO CHEYENNE E. KEARBEY $8,000- 2414 E. BROADWAY - MICHAEL J....
View ArticleMadison County foreclosures April 28-May 20
APRIL 28, 2016 121 RIVIERA TRUST V. REBECCA CLICK, $33,251.78, 121 RIVIERA DR., GRANITY CITY. 16-CH-280 BANK OF AMERICA V. MICHAEL JONES AND ANDREA PROBST, $133,323.17, 402 S. MAIN ST., WORDEN....
View ArticleSt. Clair County foreclosures May 11-12
MAY 11, 2016 REGIONS BANK V. JEFFREY AND PENNY SHEARY, $101,253.47, 301 CLEARVIEW DR., BELLEVILLE. 16-CH-347 MAY 12, 2016 CITIMORTGAGE V. TIMOTHY W. AND KAREN M. IRVIN, $52,749.81, 919 WERNER RD.,...
View ArticleMadison County civil docket June 3
Friday, June 3 9 a.m. FULMER MALINDA V. MARSHALL DEBORAH 16-L-000210, MATOESIAN 351 BROOKS JENELLE V. MILLER JAMES R 14-L-001544, MATOESIAN 351 HARTLINE DANIEL V. KRAFT FOODS GROUP INC 15-L-000365,...
View ArticleMadison County asbestos motion docket June 1
Wednesday, June 1 9 a.m. EVANS DAVID V. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATI 14-L-001451, ASBESTOS J 327 ODOM SANDRA V. AMERICAN OPTICAL CORP 15-L-000952, ASBESTOS J 327 EDWARDS RICHARD V. AFTON PUMPS...
View ArticleGibbons answers retaliation suit at federal court; Reinstated worker claims...
BENTON – Madison County state’s attorney Tom Gibbons answered a retaliation suit from former employee Andrew Kane with praise for the person who fired him. His answer to the suit in U.S. district...
View ArticleFOP sues to preserve taxpayer funded union work; Says it promotes ‘harmonious...
State troopers plead in St. Clair County court that the people must continue paying them for thousands of hours they devote to their union. Lodge Number 41 of the Fraternal Order of Police sued the...
View Article‘Blue collar tax referendum’ shaping into partisan battle; Contest for...
A proposal to cut Madison County property taxes has become a clearly partisan issue with both sides now gearing up for a challenge to the “blue collar tax referendum.” Attorneys representing thousands...
View ArticleWoman diagnosed with cancer sues medical providers
BELLEVILLE — A woman is suing James Douglas Schoen, M.D.; Esse Health Accountable Care Organization, LLC d/b/a Esse Health, and Simply the Breast, LLC d/b/a Advancedtech Breast Imaging Specialists,...
View ArticleHealth-care facility accused of wrongful death
EDWARDSVILLE — The special administrator of the Estate of Zittie B. Harris (deceased) is suing OSF Healthcare, alleging wrongful death.Olivia A. Lacey filed a complaint on May 12, in the Madison County...
View ArticleMan claims negligence by neurosurgeon
EDWARDSVILLE — A man is suing neurosurgeon Joseph Yazdi, M.D., and Southern Illinois Brain & Spine Center PC, alleging negligence and claiming that insufficient measures were taken to prevent...
View ArticleLawsuit blames death on asbestos exposure
BELLEVILLE — An estate special administrator is suing Air Liquid Systems Corporation, Aldrich Company, Arvinmeritor, Inc., Aurora Pump Company, and many other companies, citing alleged failure to warn,...
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