Monthly Archives: February 2007

Cottrell suit settles after blame reassigned

Brian Wendler settled a truck driver’s suit against Georgia trailer maker Cottrell Inc., after Cottrell argued that someone else made the chain that failed and caused the trucker’s accident. Read More »

Class Action, Madison County, News

Goldenberg’s Hartford vapor settlement evaporates

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Mark Goldenberg

Mark Goldenberg’s class action settlement with Equilon Enterprises and Premcor Refining over pollution in Hartford has collapsed.
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Class Action, Madison County, News

Vioxx lawyers shape case for jurors in opening arguments

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Andy Birchfield

Opening arguments are underway in the Metro East’s first Vioxx trial.
Plaintiff’s attorney Andy D. Birchfield, Jr. of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles in Montgomery, Ala., told the jury that he will introduce evidence that Vioxx caused heart attacks.
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Madison County, News

National City opens new branch in O’Fallon Illinois

National City Opens Metro East Headquarters
O’Fallon, Ill. Facility Approximately Twice the Size of Standard Branch Read More »

Metro-East Business, News

Driscoll objects to Tillery’s $16.8 million fee

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John Driscoll

St. Louis attorney John Driscoll would like to rein in class action competitor Stephen Tillery’s hefty $16.8 million fee for settling a national Paxil case in Madison County. Read More »

Class Action, Madison County, News

Contractors sued for improperly using jackhammer on adjacent property

State Farm Insurance is seeking more than $125,000 from two Chicago-area building contractors because an excavator improperly used a jackhammer to remove an outer wall of an adjacent property. According to a suit filed Feb. 27 in Madison County Circuit … Read More »

Madison County, News

Iron worker’s estate files benzene suit in Madison County

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Randy Gori

Karen Walker of Troy has filed a benzene lawsuit against more than 10 major U.S. corporations in Madison County on behalf of the estate of David W. Baglin claiming he died of myeloma, a disease caused by benzene exposure. Read More »

Benzene, Madison County, News

Madison County Vioxx jury picked

A panel of 12 regular and three alternate jurors was selected in Madison County’s Vioxx trial late this morning. Opening arguments will begin after a lunch recess. Attorney Andy Birchfield of Alabama is expected to deliver opening arguments on behalf … Read More »

Madison County, News, Wrongful Death

Dollar General sued for permitting dangerous aisles

Dollar General customer Shalanna Fayne, who tripped and fell on a clear liquid substance in the aisle of an Alton store last year, is seeking in excess of $100,000 in damages in a lawsuit filed Feb. 26 in Madison County … Read More »

Madison County, News, Personal Injury

Wednesday, Feb. 28

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Civil Docket, Dockets