While Charles Chapman represents the Lakin Law Firm in Madison County, Melissa Chapman delivers decisions in favor of the Lakin firm at the Fifth District appellate court.
The Illinois Appellate Court sided mainly with a Madison County claimant in a case where both the plaintiff and defendant appealed an injured truck driver's $1.4 million jury award in February 2004.
According to attorney Brian Wendler, contracts between Cassens Transport Company of Edwardsville and Nissan North America prove that a truck driver's lawsuit against Cassens, Nissan and others belongs in Madison County.
Georgia trailer maker Cottrell Inc. removed a personal injury suit from Madison County Circuit Court to U.S. District Court in East St. Louis Sept. 29, claiming that attorneys for plaintiff Keith Yount of Ohio fraudulently joined Illinois defendants to the suit.
Dan Carpenter Car hauler Keith Yount, whose personal injury lawsuit turned the Madison County courthouse upside down, lives in Ohio and should file his suit there, according to the company that made the trailer he drove.
Tom Maag Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack dropped Cassens & Sons auto dealership from a personal injury suit last week and scolded attorney Brian Wendler for naming the dealer as a defendant in his suits.
Madison County Chief Judge Edward Ferguson has ruled that the Lakin Law Firm did not meet its burden to show that Circuit Judge Don Weber is biased against the firm.
Attorney Charles Armbruster EAST ST. LOUIS – U. S. District Judge Michael Reagan has dismissed businesses of the Cassens family as defendants in a personal injury suit, ruling that plaintiff Timothy Rosenburg sued the businesses for no reason but to keep the case out of federal court.
A federal judge has remanded a lawsuit against a local transportation business back to Madison County, stating that a defendant's removal of the case was improper.
Plaintiff's attorney Thomas Maag, who has litigated class action lawsuits against corporate giants such as Wal-Mart and AT&T, is no longer associated with The Lakin Law Firm of Wood River.
Madison County Associate Judge Barbara Crowder has started her political career the same way Circuit Judge Phillip Kardis ended his political career -- by heaping abuse on businesses of the Cassens family.
Two Missouri women who were injured in an auto accident on westbound I-255 in St. Louis County filed suit in Madison County Circuit Court Aug. 26 against Cassens Transport Company.
Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack will consider several motions during an Aug. 24 hearing in a case involving a couple seeking more than $1 million in damages because of injuries from a truck's failed ratchet system.
A 25-count lawsuit seeking $2 million in damages from a Metro-East trucking firm and its employees, is set for hearing on a defense motion to dismiss on June 29 at 9.a.m.
The perils of faulty equipment, mental anguish and a deprived wife prompted an injured Illinois trucker to file a $400,000 suit April 25 in Madison County Circuit Court against his employer and big rig manufacturers.
James and Debra Lambrich filed a whopping 25-count, $2 million suit claiming Cassens Transport Company, Cassens Corp., Crawford & Company, Dwight Kay and Tina Litwiller, retaliated against James after he filed multiple workers’ compensation claims.