BELLEVILLE – The owner of a number of nursing homes in Southern Illinois is facing a potential class action lawsuit over claims it violated provisions of the state’s data privacy act.
BELLEVILLE - In a twist to the majority of legal actions claiming that a weed killer caused cancer in users, a local hardware store has been named as a defendant in a suit against multinational conglomerate Bayer.
BELLEVILLE – Almost half the civil suits that began in St. Clair County Associate Judge Chris Kolker’s court from July through December last year involved lawyers who contributed to his campaign for circuit judge in the same period.
MOUNT VERNON – Fifth District appellate judges have affirmed two orders of 20th Circuit Associate Judge Christopher Kolker, paving the way for attorneys David Cates and John Driscoll to start class actions.
CHICAGO – St. Louis lawyer John Driscoll has petitioned appellate judges of the U.S. Seventh Circuit to restore the right of all Americans to sue in Illinois courts.
CHICAGO — A spike in the number of lawsuits in Illinois over biometrics data is a result of such data becoming more commonly used or misused by both business and social media. But whatever the reason, businesses should look for more and more of these lawsuits in coming days, a Washington, D.C.-based labor and employment attorney warns, thanks to a unique facet of Illinois' law.
EDWARDSVILLE – Nearly 150 plaintiffs have sued the makers of Just For Men hair-care products and hair dyes, claiming they were damaged by using the products.
DriscollA California woman is suing over claims her daughter was born with birth defects due to her use of Zoloft while pregnant.Trinity Crawford, a minor, by and through her next friend and natural mother Deana Crawford, filed a lawsuit Aug. 13 in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Pfizer Inc., Greenstone LLC, formerly known as Greenstone Ltd., Roerig S.A. and Pfizer R&D Cortex Distric
Driscoll An additional two plaintiffs say GlaxoSmithKline was wrong in selling a diabetes drug without first warning of potential serious side effects, including heart attacks and congestive heart failure, from which they suffered.
