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Chapman estate files counterclaim for setoff in legal malpractice case
3/10/2010 3:13 PM By Amelia Flood

As a legal malpractice trial date nears on Monday, one of the many Madison County attorney defendants has filed a counterclaim asking for set-off in case of a verdict against it.

Legal malpractice suit set for case management
3/10/2010 2:42 PM By Amelia Flood
A Wood River attorney named in a 2005 legal malpractice case set for trial Monday also is a defendant in a case set for trial April 5.
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LA Weight loss wrongful death suit settles for $700,000
3/10/2010 1:22 PM By Amelia Flood
A wrongful death lawsuit against L.A. Weight Loss Centers Inc. has settled for $700,000 in Madison County.
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Stack

Stack orders mediation in Campbell's claims against Freed & Weiss
3/9/2010 3:39 PM By Amelia Flood
Although sympathetic to an attorney who claims he was gypped out of class action fees, Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack still threw out a third amended breach of contract claim on Tuesday.
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Hylla

Hylla to head Civil Division, replaces retiring Stack
3/9/2010 3:11 PM By Amelia Flood
Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla has been named to head the Third Circuit's Civil Division.
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Plaintiff's attorney asks jury in car accident trial to 'make it right'
3/9/2010 3:10 PM By Amelia Flood
A Madison County jury began deliberations Tuesday after a brief car accident trial.
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Gori

14 new asbestos cases filed Feb. 15-19 in Madison County
3/9/2010 10:37 AM By Kelly Holleran
A total of 14 new asbestos lawsuits were filed in Madison County Circuit Court throughout the week of Feb. 15 through Feb. 19.
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Simmons

Legal malpractice hearing moved to March 11
3/8/2010 7:29 AM By Amelia Flood
A hearing over a move to bring a prominent asbestos attorney back into a legal malpractice suit brought by a former client has been moved.
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Lowe's sued by man who trips over garden hose
3/5/2010 8:10 AM By Kelly Holleran
A Lowe's customer claims he incurred medical costs after tripping over a garden hose and falling on water in the store's garden center.
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Work comp claims prompted firing, woman says
3/5/2010 7:30 AM By Kelly Holleran
A woman claims her former employer wrongly terminated her after she filed for workers' compensation.
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Wet stair cause woman's severe and permanent injuries, says suit
3/5/2010 6:27 AM By Kelly Holleran
A woman claims she became severely and permanently injured after slipping on a wet stair leading to the basement of a rental facility.
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