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Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch

Recent News About Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch

  • Lawsuits targeting healthcare system hit patients hardest

    By David Knowles |
    You can’t open your local newspaper these days without being bombarded with advertising from personal injury lawyers looking to cash in with lawsuits against the makers of Vioxx. These lawsuits are an unfortunate reminder of the giant target painted on our healthcare system.

  • I-LAW is freed from order

    By Ann Knef |
    Steve Schoeffel, pictured earlier in the month, in front of a portable billboard that was displayed throughout southern Illinois. Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch is free to move forward with its voter education campaign after Williamson County Circuit Judge Phillip Palmer lifted a temporary restraining order that attempted to squelch it.

  • ILAW director has no plans to stop educating

    By Ann Knef |
    The director of a southern Illinois watchdog group dedicated to pulling the plug on frivolous lawsuits said he has no plans to cease educating voters on lawsuit abuse, even though a judge in Williamson County called for the group’s radio ads to end.

  • I-LAW blitzkrieg reminds voters of lawsuit abuses

    By Ann Knef |
    In the final weeks before southern Illinois' watershed Supreme Court race, Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch (I-LAW) executive director Steve Schoeffel is reminding message-laden voters about the impact of lawsuit abuse.

  • Watchdog group launches Southern Illinois billboard campaign

    By Jeff Gelber |
    MARYVILLE- They call it 'voter education.' For Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch (I-LAW), a Metro East-based organization that fights 'lawsuit abuse' here and elsewhere, October is high political season as well.

  • The screening solution?

    By Brian Timpone |
    Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman When Eighth Circuit Court Judge Dennis Cashman retired last month, the power of naming his replacement fell to Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman.

  • Norwood's Letter

    By The Madison County Record |
    Republican Representative Charlie Norwood (pictured, center) has represented northeast Georgia since 1995. Washington, D.C.--In a letter released today, U.S. Representative Charlie Norwood (R-Georgia) has asked U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft to investigate what he calls 'disturbing reports' about the Madison County Circuit Court.

  • Corporate tactics aim to curb justice

    By The Madison County Record |
    Well, the Madison County Courthouse finally has drawn enough attention that it deserves it's own newspaper: The Madison County Record.