Alton Belle Casino In the less-reported realm of Madison County's "LM" Civil Division--where the injured seek less than $50,000 in damages--it took a jury 90 minutes to clear Argosy Gaming Company of wrongdoing in a personal injury case filed by a Bethalto woman. She claimed permanent injuries from slipping on a “foreign substance” in the buffet line at the Alton Belle Casino in February 2002.
Alton mayoral candidate Mick McCahill in front of an Abraham Lincoln mural painted on his dining room wall. McCahill, a Lincoln "buff," commissioned a friend to do the work. Growing up as a Democrat in the gritty, river town of Alton, Mick McCahill's Irish Catholic family didn't just talk politics at the dinner table. They pounded the pavement for their candidates.
Alton Belle Casino Betty Cunningham filed a $50,000 suit against the Alton Belle Casino Feb. 3 in Madison County Circuit Court seeking damages from a Feb. 15, 2003, fall at the casino.
Argosy Gaming Company shareholder Judi Ann Ringhofer of Vernon Hills filed a class action suit against the company, its chairman and board members, claiming an announced merger with Penn National Gaming Co. does not adequately compensate shareholders given the company's "stellar third quarter 2004 financial results."