Jimmy Connors A lawsuit involving former law partners Michael Constance and Edward Brennan over a $10.5 million settlement reached with their former client, tennis star Jimmy Connors, is at trial in St. Clair County.
The deckhand for a floating casino says he never should have been forced to dislodge driftwood from beneath the gaming establishment in the rough, choppy waters that caused him to be thrown onto a metal tool box.
Lakin Wood River attorney Bradley Lakin is about to get into the casino business along with his wife and other principal investors of the North County Development LLC.
Webmeister Alton doc Charles Earnshaw surrendered his medical license for good during a hearing Wednesday before a review board of the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation (DPR), several sources tell Dicta.
An accumulation of butter on steps inside the Casino Queen rendered the gambling boat unseaworthy, according to a personal injury lawsuit filed by an employee.
Alton Belle Sarah Culli filed suit against the Alton Belle Casino in Madison County Circuit Court July 24, seeking damages in excess of $50,000 for injuries she allegedly sustained while working at the casino.
The "home of the loosest slots" was named in two separate Jones Act suits filed in St. Clair County Circuit Court on allegations that the riverboat gambling facility failed to provide two employees safe places to work.
It's called the Lakin Lakin Firm because of L. Thomas Lakin, the man whose big-verdict, big-money reputation made him once the biggest name plaintiff's lawyer in Metro St. Louis, much less the Metro-East.
Alton Belle The Illinois Appellate Court reversed two defense summary judgment orders entered by former Madison County Circuit Judge Phillip Kardis and remanded the cases back to Madison County for further proceedings.
An East Alton personal injury attorney known for suing large corporations over customer slip and falls is among five plaintiffs suing a Mexican restaurant for bad margaritas and chips.
Argosy Casino in Alton A Belleville woman who fell in the Alton Belle Casino parking lot on Oct. 12, 2003, filed suit in Madison County Circuit Court seeking in excess of $50,000 for injuries she allegedly sustained.
A security officer at Argosy's Alton Belle Casino in Alton filed a Jones Act suit in Madison County Circuit Court Sept. 8, alleging the boat failed to provide her with a reasonably safe place to work.