Monthly Archives: March 2005

Plaintiff Peach awarded windfall judgment against Granite City

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9 Briarcliff Dr. in Granite City–Peach offered $68,900 for it.

Posing as the buyer of a Granite City home, a resourceful Madison County woman pulled $20,000 in $100 bills out of her purse and handed it over to an incredulous seller as down payment for a $68,900 house she had never seen on the inside. Read More »

Madison County, News

Home repairman gets trapped in legal web

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Kevin Link, a home repairman in Granite City, got caught in a legal web.

In the course of helping people improve their lots in life, Granite City home repairman Kevin Link was caught in a legal web strung by an opportunistic plaintiff and her attorney. Read More »

Features, News

Loophole spares Peach from paying property tax

In the year-and-a-half that Armettia Peach owned 9 Briarcliff Dr. in Granite City, she never paid a penny for property tax. Even though she should have paid, apparently Peach did not cheat. She was spared by a loophole. Granite City, … Read More »

Features, News

Anatomy of Peach v. Granite City

Armettia Peach, who stands to gain a $78,242.50 judgment against Granite City for issuing an occupancy permit when it shouldn’t have, originally aimed her suit erroneously at A2Z Construction co-owners Kevin Link and David Lambert, claiming they performed cosmetic repairs … Read More »

Features, News

Legal costs keep businessman from hiring

Pointing to a mound of black dirt in the yard of his current home repair project on Elm Street in Granite City, Kevin Link lamented, “There’s a kid that works at McDonald’s that asked me for work. If I had … Read More »

Features, News

Friday April 8

8:30 a.m. FIRST MID-ILLINOIS BANK & TRUS V. PETROVICH MD S C JOHN A 04-L-000186, LM JUDGE 302 PERKINS SCALE CORP V. GRIDER ROBBIE 01-L-001404, LM JUDGE 302 9 a.m. SPARKS KATHERINE IND/BEHALF OF V. PREMCOR REFINING 03-L-001053, BYRON 327 … Read More »

Civil Docket, Dockets

New Lawsuits: Thursday, March 31

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Fresh from the courthouse Read More »

New Lawsuits, News

Building owner claims former tenant misused building

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9711 Fuser Road in Mascoutah.

Dev-Co Limited Partnership filed a lawsuit against DDS Right Choice Services March 24 in St. Clair County Circuit Court seeking damages for damage DDS allegedly made while leasing a building on 9711 Fuesser Road in Mascoutah. Read More »

News, St. Clair County

Injured railroad worker files FELA against Norfolk Southern

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Norfolk Southern Railway has once again been targeted in a Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) suit filed in Madison County. Read More »

F.E.L.A./Jones Act, Madison County, News

Mexican restaurant diner sues for pain and lost time

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Ramon’s El Dorado Restaurant in Collinsville

A diner at a popular Mexican restaurant in Collinsville, who slipped and fell on an uneven floor, is seeking $50,000 in damages for injuries and lost time, according to a suit filed March 30 in Madison County Circuit Court. Read More »

Madison County, News, Personal Injury