BENTON – Energy companies that own Prairie State power plant near Marissa have operated in accordance with Illinois law since they started burning coal, according to a motion they filed to dismiss a suit seeking to shut it down.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Lawyer Martin Plute no longer works for Illinois attorney general Kwame Raoul, according to a substitution motion in a suit against Chester mental health hospital.
BELLEVILLE – A class action lawsuit alleges Cedar Ridge Care and Rehabilitation Center endangers residents by purposely understaffing its facility in order to save money on staffing costs.
BELLEVILLE – The family of a former Rosewood Care Center resident claims he died after falling several times and receiving negligent care for his injuries.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Assistant Illinois attorney general Martin Plute took over a case after his colleague Thomas Ewick was sanctioned for discovery violations, and Plute managed to make matters worse.
BELLEVILLE – A woman has filed a medical malpractice claim against her dentist, alleging her teeth implants fell out after several ineffective oral surgeries.
EDWARDSVILLE - A class action lawsuit alleges a facial recognition search engine that searches the internet for peoples' photos invades their privacy in violation of Illinois law.
EDWARDSVILLE – A class action lawsuit alleges C-Mac, Inc. violated employees' privacy under state law by requiring them to use a fingerprint reader system to clock in and out of work.
An awful, unconstitutional piece of legislation that should have been opposed by Democrats and Republicans alike passed unanimously in the Illinois House and Senate. It now goes to Gov. JB Pritzker for signature. The only significant opposition came from the ACLU of Illinois. They are right to oppose it.
An Effingham family is suing a genetic testing facility for allegedly providing false paternity test results, breaking up the family and leading to years of assault for the child who learned the truth through Ancestry.com 30 years later.
EDWARDSVILLE – Wood River homeowner Joanna Hendricks seeks sanctions against Benjamin Dona of Bethalto, claiming he failed to disclose previous injuries.
BELLEVILLE – An Illinois woman has filed a class action lawsuit against the Ferrara Candy Co., claiming the company markets its cookies as being made with "real Madagascar Vanilla" when the product actually contains imitation vanilla.
Michael Murphy and Melissa Brown will be among the featured speakers at the Illinois State Bar Association’s 21st Annual Environmental Law Conference, which is being held May 11 and May 12 at ISBA’s Regional Office in Chicago.
