Monthly Archives: July 2010

Doing things the hard way

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If a cashier rings up the wrong price, or the new sale price hasn’t been entered into the store computer and the scanner records the old price instead, you draw the cashier’s attention to the error. Read More »

Arguments, Our View

Wood River woman claims legal malpractice in suit

A Wood River woman blames a law firm for causing her to lose thousands of dollars when a judge dismissed her personal injury lawsuit. Kendyl M. Schmidt filed suit July 15 in Madison County Circuit Court against S. Martin Jansky, … Read More »

Legal Malpractice, Madison County, News

Testimony wraps up in retrial of ’03 medical malpractice case

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Crowder

Jurors heard their last witness in the retrial of a 2003 medical malpractice suit that will last into a third week in Madison County. Read More »

Madison County, Med-Mal, News

United Life Insurance class action settlement hearing reset to Aug. 25

The initial hearing on the settlement of a nine year-old class action case over the alleged sales fraud of credit insurance sold to car buyers has been pushed off. Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla had been set to hear … Read More »

Class Action, Madison County, News

18 new asbestos cases filed in Madison County July 19-23

A total of 18 new asbestos lawsuits were filed in Madison County Circuit Court during the week of July 19 through July 23. The following complaints were filed: –Merle Barger of Pennsylvania, a laborer and machine operator at various locations … Read More »

Asbestos, Madison County, News

Bi-State awaits Illinois Supreme Court decision on statute of limitations

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Cueto

SPRINGFIELD – Bi-State Development Agency commissioners anxiously wait for the Illinois Supreme Court to decide whether the agency enjoys the same protections from personal injury claims as cities and counties. Read More »

Ill. Supreme Court, News

Bayer produces 10 million documents for ‘Yaz’ claimants; Plaintiffs claim faulty page breaks

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Herndon

EAST ST. LOUIS – Bayer drug companies have yielded more than 10 million pages of documents to women suing over oral contraceptives Yasmin and Yaz, yet some of the lawyers for the claimants haven’t completed simple fact sheets. Read More »

Federal Court, News, Product Liability

Tri-City Speedway sued by woman injured in stairway

A woman has filed suit against a Pontoon Beach race track and its owner, alleging that an uneven stairway caused her to sustain injuries to her left leg and a fractured right leg. Vicki Detchman claims she visited defendant G&G … Read More »

Madison County, News, Personal Injury

Crowder to hear arguments by insurer in foot amputee’s settlement

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Crowder

An insurance company sued by an Alton man who won more than $1 million last year in a personal injury trial is asking a Madison County judge to rule in its favor in a case stemming from a settlement with the injured party. Read More »

Madison County, News

Nurses move for summary judgment in ’03 wrongful death suit

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Matoesian

Two nurses who are defendants in a ’03 wrongful death suit are asking for summary judgment just days before the case is set for trial. Read More »

Madison County, News, Wrongful Death