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Monthly Archives: August 2007
Judge Lopinot punts Cueto defamation suit
St. Clair County Associate Judge Vincent Lopinot recused himself Thursday, Aug. 30, from a defamation /false light suit that disbarred attorney Amiel Cueto filed against the Madison County Record. Lopinot took himself off the case at the beginning of a … Read More
Defamation, News, St. Clair CountyOrbitz attorney wants to depose Fairview Heights officials and citizens
Richard Burke
Orbitz travel company couldn’t give U.S. Magistrate Judge Donald Wilkerson good reasons to depose a dozen Fairview Heights citizens, and class action attorney Richard Burke couldn’t give Wilkerson good reasons not to depose them. Read More
Class Action, Federal Court, NewsHoneymoon interrupted: Freed may be deposed over phone
Nothing yet has hooked up the Lakin Law Firm with Chicago attorney Eric Freed for a deposition about class actions they filed together, but satellites might do the trick. Everybody at an Aug. 23 hearing decided to try deposition by … Read More
Madison County, NewsPetrovich case back in federal court after residency dispute
Dr. John Petrovich removed a medical malpractice case filed against him to federal court for the second time alleging the plaintiff filed a fraudulent affidavit to get the case remanded the first time it was removed. Donald Canterbery filed suit … Read More
Federal Court, Med-Mal, NewsClass action alleges BCBS kept premiums of ‘ineligibles’
An Alhambra man filed a class action suit against Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) of Illinois alleging the insurer violated the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Practices Act in connection with the sale and issuance of health insurance policies. Read More
Class Action, Madison County, NewsNo second serving in Pizza Hut door injury suit, Byron rules
Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron has put an end to Amanda Verett and Tom Maag’s efforts to collect a default judgment entered against a Troy police officer in the Pizza Hut door injury case. Read More
Madison County, News, Personal InjuryKnee injuries claimed by railroad worker
A 31-year veteran employee at Norfolk Southern Railway filed suit in Madison County Circuit Court Aug. 24, alleging the railroad negligently and carelessly failed to provide him a safe place to work despite the fact that repetitive trauma injuries were … Read More
F.E.L.A./Jones Act, Madison County, NewsSticky Wal-Mart floor leads to woman’s head injury, suit claims
A Bethalto woman who slipped and fell on a sticky substance at the Wood River Wal-Mart on May 11, 2006, filed a $50,000 personal injury suit in Madison County Circuit Court. Shirley Van Etten alleges she suffered extensive injuries to … Read More
Madison County, News, Personal InjuryFreed & Weiss sprouting new class actions with Lakin seeds, attorney argues
Chicago attorneys Eric Freed and Paul Weiss have started filing class actions in competition with their former teammates at the Lakin Law Firm. Read More
Class Action, Madison County, NewsAlton School District sued for uneven walking surface
A woman who fractured her right leg and knee at Lovejoy Elementary School in Alton filed a personal injury suit alleging Alton School District #11 failed to provide a good, safe and proper place for her to walk at the … Read More
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