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Monthly Archives: March 2008
Casino Queen visitor seeks $50k for improper carpet installation
A Missouri woman who was injured at the old Casino Queen filed a personal injury suit against the casino in St. Clair County Circuit Court March 27, alleging the casino negligently maintained its premises. Read More
News, Personal Injury, St. Clair CountyAsbestos suit filed in Madison County by Illinoisan
The estate of an Illinois woman who died from mesothelioma filed an asbestos suit in Madison County Circuit Court March 26, claiming her disease was wrongfully caused. According to the complaint, Geraldine James was employed from 1973 to 1997 as … Read More
Asbestos, News, St. Clair CountyCharter and contractor sued for trip on exposed cable
The mother of a boy injured when he tripped over a cable wire at home filed a personal injury suit against Charter Communications in St. Clair County Circuit March 26. Venus Meeks claims her son Darion was injured on Feb. … Read More
News, Personal Injury, St. Clair CountyRailroad workers injured in recent derailment file separate suits
Union Pacific Railroad workers injured when a train derailed last week en route from Marion to Joppa, Ill. filed separate Federal Employers’ Liability Act suits in federal court. Engineer William Patrick Kirby is seeking in excess of $5 million for … Read More
F.E.L.A./Jones Act, Federal Court, NewsSummary judgment for Granite City in sewer back-up claim reversed
The Fifth District Appellate Court ruled that Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack erred in a summary judgment ruling for Granite City involving a sewer back-up insurance claim. State Farm filed the suit against Granite City on behalf Albert and … Read More
Ill. Appellate Court, Insurance, NewsFatal car wreck claimant wants judge to sign off on $100k settlement
Vicki Worthen is asking Madison County Circuit Judge Andy Matoesian to sign off on a $100,000 settlement in a wrongful death case she filed last month over her husband’s death. Worthen sued Paul Roan of Edwardsville claiming he was negligent … Read More
Madison County, News, Wrongful DeathEarth Day. Live Earth. And, now, Earth Hour
Dan Proft
The latest bright idea from the country that gave us “Crocodile Dundee” is to have everyone across the globe turn off their lights for an hour at 8 p.m. Saturday.
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Jury rules for plaintiff in legal malpractice case, but reduces award nearly 70%
After deliberating nearly eight hours over two days, a Madison County jury awarded Magna Bank (now Regions Bank) $3,654.606.40. The jury’s verdict was actually just over $11 million, but they reduced it on the question of “mitigation of damages” by … Read More
Madison County, NewsAppellate court to hear arguments in plaintiff’s appeal of Cantrell trial
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A panel of three appellate judges will hear arguments at 10 a.m. on March 31, in a Madison County medical malpractice trial in which a Troy family doctor was cleared of negligence. Read More
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