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Madison County to recognize volunteers during National Pro Bono Week Oct. 26-30
The Third Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee will recognize National Pro-Bono Week by paying tribute to attorneys who have served their communities with free legal advice, free legal education and...
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Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch calls Nader's Tort Museum frivolous
The first law museum in the country is open to the public. But a frequent critic of the local court system expressed some surprise that it wasn't constructed here."Illinois, and Madison County in...
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Forensic audit of CARD's 2011 finances shows loose spending, lax oversight
Area leaders who are trying to convince voters to dissolve the financially distressed Collinsville Area Recreation District (CARD) can point to a recently released report that helps explain why the...
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Poll reveals Illinoisans 'fed up' with state’s inability to pass balanced budget
CHICAGO – Illinois voters are increasingly frustrated with the state economy and their elected officials’ inability to fix the problems, according to a poll released Thursday by Illinois Policy Action....
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Maag files class action over $1 service charge imposed on FOID applicants
Wood River attorney Thomas Maag seeks to represent a class of people who paid $1 more than state statute allows when they applied for $10 firearm owner identification cards (FOID). Plaintiff Gary...
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Sparta's squawking over pet chickens silenced at Fifth District
Tim Page and his wife can live in peace with their three pet chickens in the city of Sparta. Justices at the Fifth District Appellate Court have upheld a Randolph County trial court which found Page...
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Chiropractor seeks to transfer suit alleging broken bones from treatment
A chiropractor accused of breaking a patient’s bones during a treatment seeks to transfer the case to Saline County. Kenneth Webb and Wanda Webb filed their lawsuit on July 2 against Dr. Tyler Dennison...
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Smithton Township Road District denies liability in traffic accident suit;...
Smithton Township Road District claims dismissal is proper in a woman’s traffic accident lawsuit because it did not have the authority to establish speed limits for the roadway at issue. According to...
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Laundry detergent manufacturer accused of false ‘all natural’ labeling seeks...
A laundry detergent manufacturer seeks to stay a pending class action in St. Clair County over its alleged misleading “all natural” labeling while a similar case is litigated in a California federal...
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Lumber Liquidators removes class action to federal court
Lumber Liquidators removed a class action suit to federal court that alleges it sold a defective Dura-Wood flooring. Lumber Liquidators filed the notice of removal to the U.S. District Court for the...
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St. Clair County attorney countersues woman in suit involving her late...
A St. Clair County attorney is countersuing a woman who claims legal malpractice involving her late husband’s estate. Brenda Knuckles, individually and as a beneficiary of the Donald E. Knuckles Sr....
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An incarcerated man serving time in Taylorville for attempted murder asks St. Clair County Circuit Judge Vincent Lopinot to reconsider granting St. Clair County’s and an assistant state’s attorney’s...
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St. Clair County foreclosures Oct. 5-14
St. Clair County Foreclosures: October 5, 2015 Bank of America v. Joseph B. and Genevieve R. Roller, $70,489.00, 221 Sunset Dr., Belleville. 15-CH-686 October 6, 2015 Wilmington Trust v. Casablanca...
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Madison County asbestos jury docket Nov. 2
Madison County Asbestos Jury: 11/2/2015 Monday, November 2 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...
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Madison County civil docket Nov. 2-6
Madison County Civil Docket: 11/2 - 11/6/2015 Monday, November 2 9 a.m CRUTHIS ROBERTA SPEC ADM OF TH V. HOSPITAL SISTERS HEALTH 09-L-001126, RUTH 311 MCKENZIE STEVEN V. GUST KRISTEN 14-L-001019,...
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Spotlight on Simmons in NY corruption trial and in Hale v. State Farm;...
NEW YORK CITY and EAST ST. LOUIS – Actions that Alton asbestos lawyer John Simmons took six and 12 years ago have stuck him in the spotlight of a criminal corruption trial in New York and an $8 billion...
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Madison County asbestos motion docket Nov. 2-6
Madison County Asbestos Motion Docket: 11/2 - 11/6/2015 Monday, November 2 9 a.m. TODD AUBREY JR V. 4520 CORP INC 14-L-001172, ASBESTOS J 327 EAVEY NORMA INDIVIDUALLY V. 84 LUMBER 14-L-001736, ASBESTOS...
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St. Clair County real estate Oct. 12-16
St. Clair Real Estate : October 12, 2015 Belleville •$137,333- 2856 Rentchler Rd. - August E., Michael J., and Daniel C. Hiemer to Daniel C. Hiemer •$60,000- 117 N. 44th St.- NRZ Pass-Through Trust to...
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Madison County real estate Oct. 8-15
Madison County Real Estate: October 8, 2015 Alton •$141,900- 4714 Storeyland Dr. - James Roger Lyons to David B. and Ashton Toler •$90,000- 2663 N. Rodgers Ave. - Jeffrey E. Rains and Derek Jason...
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