Dram Shop Category Archives: Dram Shop

Father sues Granite City bar and restaurant over fatal accident

The father of a minor girl claims his daughter lost the chance to grow up with her mother when her parent was killed in an automobile collision caused by an allegedly intoxicated driver. Jason Alan McGuiggan filed a lawsuit May … Read More »

Dram Shop, Madison County, News, Wrongful Death

Helvetia Sharpshooters, others named in wrongful death complaint over July accident

The father of a man who was killed by an alleged drunk driver says the man who caused the crash was drinking at the Madison County Fairgrounds before the incident. William H. Dittmar, on behalf of the estate of William … Read More »

Dram Shop, Madison County, News, Wrongful Death

Collinsville bars named in dram shop suit over motorcycle fatality

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Hubbard

The parents of a Granite City woman killed in a motorcycle crash say the bars that served drinks to the operator of that motorcycle are responsible for her death. Read More »

Dram Shop, News, St. Clair County

Terminal Railroad sued over machine operator’s repetitive trauma

A railroad worker has filed suit against his employer, alleging he sustained severe and permanent spine, hip and knee injuries because of work he performed. Jerry West claims he worked as a machine operator for defendant Terminal Railroad Association of … Read More »

Dram Shop, Madison County, News

Bar owner moving to move suit over patron’s injuries to Alexander County

An Alexander County bar owner is seeking to take a suit filed in St. Clair County by a patron who claims to have been injured in a bar fight back to its home county. Clinton County resident Timothy Stempel filed … Read More »

Dram Shop, News, St. Clair County

Plaintiff drops dram shop suit against Luna Cafe

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Callis

A woman who claimed the Luna Cafe in Granite City violated the state’s dram shop laws when it served a woman she fought with three years ago, has dropped her suit. Read More »

Dram Shop, Madison County, News

Hylla awards Regal Beagle $10,000 set-off in dram shop verdict

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Hylla

Roper’s Regal Beagle has been granted $10,000 in set-off from a former co-defendant in a dram shop suit the Godfrey tavern lost last month. Read More »

Dram Shop, Madison County, News

Regal Beagle plaintiff seeks costs, wants judge to decide verdict set-off

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The plaintiff who walked away with $35,000 in a dram shop suit against Roper’s Regal Beagle tavern in Godfrey is now asking a judge to determine what set-off is needed in the case and to approve just over $2,500 in court costs. Read More »

Dram Shop, Madison County, News

Trial postponed in case against Fast Eddie’s and Regal Beagle

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Callis

A dram shop trial against Fast Eddie’s Bon Air of Alton and the Reagal Beagle in Godfrey that had been set for next week has been postponed.
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Dram Shop, Madison County, News

Trial date pushed off as parties in personal injury, dram shop suit talk settlement

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Stack

Parties to a combination personal injury and dram shop suit are in settlement talks and have pushed off today’s trial date. Read More »

Dram Shop, Madison County, News