While shopping for landscaping stones at Ace Hardware in Bethalto on April 2, James Kannall, of Edwardsville, says one of the stones fell off the display onto his hand and fingers, severely and permanently injuring him.
Madison County employee Myrna Amisch's class action suit against Merck wasn't the first, but it is on the cutting edge of recent filings against the pharmaceutical.
Oct 2, 2003-- The St. Louis Post Dispatch editorialized strongly to "derail (the) gravy train" in Madison County by moving all class action cases to federal court. "Lawyers are tooling in from all over to file class-action cases at one of the most plaintiff-friendly courts in the country. It's got to stop," the paper wrote.
A Wood River couple who led a 2001 class action will seek a continuance on their motion to compel discovery from an Edwardsville car dealership and an auto insurer on Friday in front of Judge Stack.
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