Daily Archives: February 25, 2013

Illinois Supreme Court’s first female justice dies

When Sheila Simon took office last year, she didn’t have to think twice about who would swear her in as the state’s new lieutenant governor. Simon asked her late mother’s friend, former Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Ann McMorrow, … Read More »

Features, Ill. Supreme Court, News

Couple seeks $1.35 million in complaint against Belleville doctors, practices

A man has filed suit against the doctors who were treating him for various abdominal issues, saying he suffered from multiple inflictions, including kidney failure and a foreign object inserted into his body, after doctors failed to adequately perform a … Read More »

Med-Mal, News, St. Clair County

Tenant seeks more than $400K in icy slip outside apartment

A man seeks to reclaim the more than $200,000 in medical costs he claims to have incurred after he slipped on snow and ice outside of his apartment complex. Carl Brummund filed a lawsuit Jan. 25 in St. Clair County … Read More »

News, Personal Injury, St. Clair County

Woman hit head-on by wrong way vehicle and from behind sues both drivers

A woman claims she could do nothing to avoid a collision when she was rear-ended as she braked to avoid a driver who was operating her vehicle the wrong way on a ramp. Jenene Biggerstaff filed a lawsuit Jan. 24 … Read More »

News, Personal Injury, St. Clair County

Centreville Township accident caused by allegedly intoxicated driver, suit claims

A man claims he sustained disabling injuries to his legs, feet, back and ribs after an allegedly intoxicated driver crossed the center lane and struck his vehicle. Jonathan Adams claims he was driving north on Illinois Route 13 near its … Read More »

News, Personal Injury, St. Clair County

Illinois cannot afford to move backwards on lawsuit reform

The legislative session is heating up and there are several lawsuit reform initiatives awaiting action in committees in both the House and the Senate. The fate of this legislation remains unknown but if history is any indication, the prospects of … Read More »

Arguments, Their View