Daily Archives: February 14, 2013

Chicago group submits brief on recusal standards to Supreme Court

The Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice recently submitted a policy brief to the Illinois Supreme Court, pushing for the implementation of recusal standards. Submitted late last year, the group’s brief marks at least the second request for the court to … Read More »

Features, Ill. Supreme Court, News

Seventh Circuit issues mandamus to vacate Reagan’s order in employment dispute

  A federal appeals panel this week issued a writ of mandamus to vacate the rulings of U.S. District Court Judge Michael Reagan in an employment dispute against a railroad company. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen sought district … Read More »

Federal Court, News

Schroeder to be sworn in March 1 as Madison County associate judge

Assistant Madison County State’s Attorney Neil Schroeder will be sworn into office as associate circuit judge on March 1. Schroeder, 46, topped Edwardsville attorney Dave Jones, 59, in a run-off for the seat in a second round of balloting. Results … Read More »

Features, Madison County

Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in Chicago

The Illinois Supreme Court’s May term will likely mark the last set of arguments the justices will hear in Springfield for at least a year. The court’s more than a century-old building is scheduled to receive renovations sometime in June, … Read More »

Features, Ill. Supreme Court

Heartland Institute urges action on ‘Fakegate’

Today (Feb. 14) marks the one-year anniversary of “Fakegate,” the day Pacific Institute President Peter Gleick sent to liberal activists and reporters documents he stole from The Heartland Institute and claimed to have obtained from a ‘Heartland insider’ and later from an … Read More »

Arguments, Their View

Default judgment requested in case against allegedly intoxicated campers

The owners of a campground who were attacked by a group of allegedly drunken revelers filed a motion for default judgment Feb. 6 in a personal injury case  they brought in St. Clair County. Ervin and Cheryl Smith filed suit … Read More »

Personal Injury, St. Clair County

Eldercare of Alton named in Madison County wrongful death suit

An Alton nursing home is accused of causing the death of one of its residents. Tina Arnold, independent administrator of the estate of Helen R. Cline, filed a lawsuit Jan. 30 in Madison County Circuit Court against Eldercare Inc., doing … Read More »

Madison County, News, Wrongful Death

Phlebotomist’s injuries were her own fault, defense says

A Belleville medical center being sued by a phlebotomist who claims she was attacked at work claims the injuries she sustained were the result of her own negligence. Stephanie R. Moslander filed a complaint Oct. 2 in St. Clair County … Read More »

News, Personal Injury, St. Clair County

Cottrell sues expert witness in Chicago after dismissing similar suit in East St. Louis

CHICAGO – Cottrell Inc. filed a lawsuit this week against a man named as a defendant in a similar suit it voluntarily dismissed about two weeks ago in southern Illinois’s federal court. The car hauler manufacturer on Tuesday brought its … Read More »

Federal Court, Madison County, News

H&R Block and property owners sued over woman’s sidewalk slip

A Madison County woman is suing the owners of an Alton shopping center and its tenants after she allegedly slipped on an icy sidewalk. Ashley Welch filed the complaint Feb. 4 in Madison County Circuit Court against KRC Alton 802 Inc., Kimco Realty Corporation and … Read More »

Madison County, News, Personal Injury