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Woman alleges injuries from trip and fall at grocery store
BELLEVILLE — A woman is suing Schnuck Markets after she allegedly tripped on a rug. Kathleen Melton filed a complaint on Dec. 9 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Schnuck Markets Inc., alleging...
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Man alleges misrepresented life insurance policy
BELLEVILLE — A man alleges Gateway Financial misrepresented his life insurance policy. Randy J. Phillips filed a complaint on Dec. 9 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Paul S. Funkhouser and...
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Hollister Inc., driver accused of causing collision
BELLEVILLE — A motorist from Cottage Hills is suing Hollister Inc. and its driver, alleging negligence in connection with a vehicle collision.Deann M. Herren filed a complaint on Dec. 1 in St. Clair...
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Passenger sues motorist for alleged negligence
EDWARDSVILLE — A passenger claims she was injured when another motorist negligently turned in front of the vehicle she was riding in. Kierstin Schlater, by and through her next friend Terri Schlater,...
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Illinois lost 150,000 university students from 2000 to 2014
The U.S. Census Bureau recently revealed that Illinois, in its third consecutive year of population decline, is losing more people than any other state in the Midwest. The state has also been unpopular...
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Why a budget won't fix Illinois
Did you feel it? As 2016 expired at midnight Dec. 31, so too did Illinois’ stopgap budget. That six-month spending plan pushed our state, already the least creditworthy in the nation, further into debt...
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Owner of Worden rental home seeks to dismiss personal injury suit
The owner of a Worden rental home seeks to dismiss a woman’s suit alleging she fell off the porch while carrying a moving box. Erin Stambaugh filed the complaint on Nov. 10 against Robert Behme. In her...
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St. Clair County real estate Dec. 19-22
DECEMBER 19, 2016 BELLEVILLE $267,500- 3208 ROAN HILL DR. - THOMAS KNAPP TO MIKE AND LAURIE BALTZ $7,300- 1824 E. C ST. - DAVID KECK TO SCOTT WOOD $222,500- 312 OAK HILL DR. - WILLIAM AND KATHLEEN...
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Madison County foreclosures Jan. 3-6
JANUARY 3, 2017 MORTON COMMUNITY BANK V. MICHAEL KARLAS, $10,611.24, 115 W. MAPLE ST., HARTFORD. 17CH1 HSBC BANK V. SAMUEL AND CARRIE FOWLER, $85,191.08, 2548 E. 27TH ST., GRANITE CITY. 17CH2 JP MORGAN...
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St. Clair County foreclosures Dec. 20-29
DECEMBER 20, 2016 US BANK V. LUCAS AND JOY TOONE, $96,170.73, 1402 RADIANCE DR., BELLEVILLE. 16CH821 DECEMBER 21, 2016 FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE V. LEIGH AND DAVID WOMBLE, $227,911.31, 7022 MINE HAUL...
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Remand of Home Depot class action upheld by Seventh Circuit; Madison Co. case...
CHICAGO – Retailer Home Depot can’t remove a Madison County class action to federal court because it entered the action as a counterclaim defendant, the Seventh Circuit ruled on Jan. 5. The federal...
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Madison County civil docket Jan. 17-19
Tuesday, January 17 9:00 AM HODGES LUCINDA A V. DG RETAIL LLD DBA DOLLAR GENER 13-L-002204, RUTH 311 HAUGLAND ERIC V. FISCHER DAWN DACHSHUND RESCUE 14-L-001029, CROWDER 320 BUCKINGHAM ROBERT V....
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Madison County asbestos jury docket Jan. 17
Tuesday, January 17 9:00 AM WHITE VELMA L V. AW CHESTERTON COMPANY 14-L-001285, ASBESTOS JU 327 GUTHMILLER ARLEN V. A.W. CHESTERTON COMPANY 15-L-000974, ASBESTOS JU 327 TUTEN EMMA INDIVIDUALLY...
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Madison County asbestos motion docket Jan. 17-20
Tuesday, January 17 9:00 AM GUTHMILLER ARLEN V. A.W. CHESTERTON COMPANY 15-L-000974, ASBESTOS J 327 METZLER CAROL A V. AW CHESTERTON COMPANY 14-L-001716, ASBESTOS J 327 CUCCHIARA JAMES V. A...
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Appellate judges contemplating life of AFSCME contract, as troopers litigate...
Illinois judges continue to prolong the life of the contract that covers about 38,000 state employees in the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. A week after Fifth District...
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Madison County real estate Dec. 19-29
DECEMBER 19, 2016ALTON$32,000- 3537 OSCAR AVE. - SECRETARY OF HUD TO AUSTIN ERTHAL$74,900- 1917 WORDEN AVE. - DAMON MUSCARELLA TO MICHAEL AND ALEXANDRIA BAGWILL$194,000- 2736 BRYDEN CT., - BARRY AND...
View ArticleHow James Lakin ‘fell’ into some money
When people tell you that they've fallen into money, you naturally assume that they mean it figuratively. You don't suppose they were sailing in a sea of currency and capsized or that they might have...
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Northwestern justice center gets OK to inspect jail for Cahokia resident...
BENTON – Northwestern University lawyers representing a man with the mind of a child who spent seven months in St. Clair County jail for a crime he didn’t commit have gained court approval to inspect...
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Highland couple denies liability in delivery driver's dog bite suit
A Highland couple allege a delivery driver failed to exercise caution for her own safety in a suit alleging the woman was bit by their dog while delivering a package. Mary Scheibel filed the complaint...
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UPS delivery driver’s dog bite suit at trial in Mudge’s court; Defense...
A suit alleging a UPS delivery driver injured his back after being attacked by a dog in 2012 is at trial in Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge’s courtroom. The trial began Monday. Plaintiff...
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