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Madison County real estate Nov. 22-30
NOVEMBER 22, 2016 ALTON $500- 3310 MAYFIELD ST. - INDISO RE LAND TRUST TO INGERSOLL FINANCIAL $147,500- 2313 HALE DR. - THOMAS W. HARRIS TO ANTHONY AND EDITH VENTIMIGLIA $120,000- 2311 FAIRVIEW DR. -...
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Post Obamacare - better days are ahead
To the Editor: The 2016 national elections and the failures of the Affordable Care Act have increased the probability of replacing ACA with a rational health care system and have provided the impetus...
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Judge Robert LeChien wrongly intervenes for AFSCME
St. Clair County Circuit Judge Robert LeChien should not have been in a position to grant a temporary restraining order for American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 to...
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Collinsville attorney reaches settlement in failed adoption suit
A Collinsville attorney accused of failing to disclose a conflict of interest in an adoption case has reached a settlement with the Jersey County couple. Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge...
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Tree service employee denies negligently causing injuries
An employee of a Granite City tree service denies negligently causing his own injuries when he allegedly fell from a bucket truck. Toby Thomas filed the complaint on July 25 against Mike Hanfelder,...
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St. Clair County foreclosures Dec. 1-7
DECEMBER 1, 2016 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK V. CHAD AND AMANDA OLIVER, $116,648.05, 117 KATY DR., SHILOH. 16CH778 DECEMBER 5, 2016 US BANK V. HEIRS OF ROBERT GRAEBER, $51,225.91, 706 N. CHARLES ST.,...
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Cooper B-Line denies discrimination in wrongful termination suit
Cooper B-Line denies discriminating against its former employee’s age and argues that it terminated the employee based on “legitimate” reasons. Stephen Fergesen filed the lawsuit on Aug. 24 against...
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Nearly four-year-old ballot violation charge continued again
St. Clair County Circuit Judge Jan Fiss has continued hearings on a felony ballot violation charge against Steveland Kidd for almost four years, but on the most recent occasion Fiss skipped the...
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Couple denies negligence in suit alleging failure to disclose over O’Fallon home
An O’Fallon couple denies that their own carelessness caused their alleged damages in a suit alleging they were unaware that their home had an 80-foot easement and a detention pond. St. Clair County...
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Judge Gleeson denied motion to reconsider arbitration order in suit alleging...
St. Clair County Circuit Judge Andrew Gleeson denied a woman’s motion to reconsider his order compelling arbitration in a suit alleging a contractor did poor repair work following a plumbing accident....
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Tee Time denies employee’s sexual harassment claims
A lawn care business denies that an employee suffered sexual harassment and argues that she failed to take advantage of their sexual harassment complaint procedure. Lindsey Williams filed a lawsuit on...
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Rauner seeks relief from LeChien’s pro-AFSCME decision at Fifth District
State employees suing Gov. Bruce Rauner found fast relief in the court of St. Clair County circuit judge Robert LeChien.Last week he granted a temporary restraining order to Council 31 of the American...
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Yandle denies tax buyer’s motion to dismiss bid-rigging class action
District Judge Staci Yandle denied a St. Clair County tax buyer’s motion to dismiss a class action alleging St. Clair County Treasurer Charles Suarez and several tax buyers participated in a bid...
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Questions of judicial ethics woven into history of St. Clair County
Following his defeat of incumbent Democrat chief judge John Baricevic last month, newly elected Republican Circuit Judge Ronald Duebbert is off to a rough start. The new Chief Judge of St. Clair County...
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Asbestos litigation documentary shines light on abuses; Film depicts business...
A documentary set to premiere this week scrutinizes the cottage industry of asbestos litigation.The National Press Club will hold an in-progress showing of “Unsettled: Inside the Strange World of...
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You can't handle the truth!
Today’s title comes from the famous line in “A Few Good Men.” Colonel Nathan R. Jessup - Jack Nicholson - when cross examined by Lt. Daniel Cafffey - Tom Cruise - aggressively told that the truth was...
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‘Show Me Your Lawsuit State’ tops ATRA’s Judicial Hellholes list; Cook,...
The Metro-East St. Louis region joined the ranks yet again as this year’s worst jurisdictions, with St. Louis topping the American Tort Reform Association’s Judicial Hellholes list and Madison and St....
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Business development: Planning for competition in the new year
What is your business plan for 2017? How do you plan to attract or push new clients to your firm? If you are like many firms, you have no formal plan. You rely on referrals and word-of-mouth...
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Fifth District directs LeChien to review order extending AFSCME contract
MOUNT VERNON – St. Clair County Circuit Judge Robert LeChien must review his order extending the union contract of 38,000 state employees in light of a state agency’s opposite decision, Fifth District...
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‘Show Me Your Lawsuit State’ tops ATRA’s Judicial Hellholes list
The Metro-East St. Louis region joined the ranks yet again as this year’s worst jurisdictions, with St. Louis topping the American Tort Reform Association’s Judicial Hellholes list. St. Louis is ranked...
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