New details on Karmeier anti-retention effort revealed in deposition of...
HILLSBORO – Sarah Deatherage, widow of state trooper Kyle Deatherage, persists in attacking Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier in Montgomery County litigation. In a deposition for her...
View ArticleSmokey Bones denies liability in slip and fall suit
The defendants in a Smokey Bones customer’s slip and fall suit deny the allegations against them and seek to dismiss the complaint. Gregory Lane filed his lawsuit on July 20 against Barbeque Integrated...
View ArticleBelleville school district says mother’s personal injury suit alleges...
A Belleville school district claims a mother’s lawsuit does not provide sufficient facts, which alleges her son was injured when a tent collapsed at a school picnic. Jacqueline Tunstall filed the...
View ArticleClass action alleging consumers were unwittingly signed up for membership...
A credit score company has removed to federal court and then sought to dismiss a class action alleging it unwittingly signed up consumers for a membership program. The defendants filed a notice of...
View ArticleFive things to know about Illinois’ unsustainable municipal pension fund
Everyone in Illinois knows that government-run pension debt threatens the state’s fiscal solvency, with debt for state-run pensions totaling more than $100 billion. But the Illinois fund that manages...
View ArticleAlton woman sued over alleged negligence in vehicle collision in East Alton
An Edwardsville woman is suing an Alton woman following a vehicle collision they were involved in. Stephanie N. Runion filed a complaint Sept. 1 in Madison County Circuit Court against Mildred D....
View ArticleWoman sued over alleged negligence in vehicle collision
An Illinois woman is suing another woman after a vehicle collision. Deborah G. Portera filed a complaint Sept. 1 in Madison County Circuit Court against Marilyn Wilds, alleging negligence. On Sept. 11,...
View ArticleSunset Hills Country Club sued after changing golf handicap rules in tournaments
A Madison County man is suing Sunset Hills Country Club over claims it has deprived him of benefits after a golf rule change. Zaki Sheikh filed a complaint Aug. 31 in Madison County Circuit Court....
View ArticleO'Fallon attorney disciplined by the Illinois Supreme Court
O'Fallon attorney Todd Alexander Gordon has been suspended for a year and until further order of the Illinois Supreme Court over misconduct involving false statements to clients, failing to return...
View ArticlePlaintiff, defense attorneys and Stobbs discuss navigating Madison County...
Madison County Associate Judge Stephen Stobbs was joined by attorneys from both side of the fence to shed light on how to navigate a case in the nation’s busiest asbestos docket. Plaintiff attorney...
View ArticleMotions for reduced sentences of heroin dealers Perkins and Oliver remain...
EAST ST. LOUIS – Government motions to shorten sentences of drug dealers for former St. Clair County judges swiftly succeeded, but a motion for the mother and son who supplied the dealers has gathered...
View ArticleThe crazy cartoon world of Illinois public pensions
Strange things happen in cartoons – things that could never happen in real life, things that are physically impossible – but cartoon lovers know that and delight in the alternate “reality.” The absurd...
View ArticleMotorist sued over alleged negligence in Route 4 highway collision
A motorcyclist is suing over claims of negligence following a highway accident that left him injured. David A. Kries filed a complaint Sept. 3 in Madison County Circuit Court against Christopher S....
View ArticleWoman sued over negligence claims in Belleville vehicle collision allegedly...
A woman is being sued over claims of negligence after rear-ending a vehicle with four passengers.Breianna Hamilton, Alexis Hamilton, Devan Williams and Mary Hamilton, individually and as mother and...
View ArticleTherapist sues husband's ex-wife over defamation allegations
A Madison County therapist is suing her husband’s ex-wife for alleged defamation related to her business. Plaintiff Sharonda Brown-Wilson filed suit Sept. 10 in the Third Judicial Circuit Court of...
View ArticleGreen Mount Lakes Apartments sued over alleged negligence following accident...
A man is suing a certain O'Fallon apartment complex following an accident that occurred on its premises. John E. Howell III filed a complaint Sept. 2 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Green...
View ArticlePacific Cycle sued over alleged negligence in bicycle design
A mother and son are suing a bicycle distributor after an allegedly defective bicycle left the son injured. Brandon Mealy, by his mother and next friend Tammy Allen, and Tammy Allen filed a complaint...
View ArticleMotorist sued over alleged negligence in Collinsville vehicle collision
A woman is suing after her vehicle was rear-ended near a certain Collinsville intersection. Livonder Sanders filed a complaint Sept. 3 in Madison County Circuit Court against Elizabeth Carey, citing...
View ArticleMan sued over alleged negligence in construction zone vehicle collision on I-255
A Mascoutah man is suing a Nashville, Ill. man following a vehicle collision during stopped traffic in a construction zone. Anthony C. Weck, individually and as father and next friend of minor Alexis...
View ArticleWoman sues shopping center for injuries caused by allegedly unsafe walkway
A Madison County woman is suing a shopping center for injuries she claims she suffered when she fell on uneven steps. Plaintiff Delores Parente filed suit on Sept. 10 in Madison County Circuit Court...
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