News from August 2006
Thursday, Aug. 31
9:30 a.m.
Woman claims surgery center and doctors failed to diagnose husband's cancer
Edwardsville Ambulatory Surgery Center Dorothy Cox filed a wrongful death suit against Edwardsville Ambulatory Surgery Center and Peter Anderson, M.D. and Robert Hellman, M.D. in Madison County Circuit Court Aug. 25, claiming they failed to timely diagnose her husband's cancer.
Jefferson County accident suit filed in Madison County
Two men injured in an automobile accident in Jefferson County, Ill. filed a personal injury suit against the man who allegedly caused the accident and his employer.
Union Pacific sued by former trackman
Union Pacific Railroad is being sued in St. Clair County Circuit Court by a former trackman/machine operator.
Attorney and firm sued for legal malpractice
Two people involved in an auto accident in 2002 claim legal malpractice in a lawsuit filed against their former attorney and law firm.
Californian brings mesothelioma case to Madison County
Ripsime Darbinian of California claims exposure to airborne asbestos fibers from family members' clothing caused her to develop mesothelioma.
Woman who falls off truck's running boards sues driver
A Godfrey woman who was catching a ride on the running boards of a pickup truck is suing the driver for running over her after she fell.
Time to ban the bundle
It didn't make Metro-East headlines or the nightly news, but it should have.
Court being used?
To the editor:
Lawyers continue battle in Hartford vapor case
Missouri attorneys who planned to represent Hartford residents in a Madison County class action over petroleum vapors want to know more about a new settlement that would knock out their case.
Maui Onion Grill & Bar
Good for: Free Appetizer with dinner purchase (excluding pupu platter)
Vision Care Associates
Good for: 50% Off 2nd Pair Of Backup Glasses Or Prescription Sunglasses With Purchase Of Initial Glasses Or One Year Supply Of Contacts
Dynamic suing duo fizzling in court
For a while Armettia Peach and Ashley Peach looked like the most successful mother and daughter team since the Judds, but their act has lost its sizzle.
Australian law applies in Macon County, appellate court rules
Terrence Hopkins Some lucky judge in Decatur gets to apply Australian law to a claim of an Australian citizen about an Australian crash, thanks to the Fifth District appellate court.
Missouri train crash subject of St. Clair County suit
The surviving spouse of a man killed on a railroad crossing in Franklin County, Mo. is suing BNSF Railway and its employee in St. Clair County Circuit Court.
Streif Motors customer claims knee injury
Streif Motors in O'Fallon is being sued by a customer who tripped and fell after exiting a vehicle.
In light of Madison County sunshine, Weber lifts blinds on sealed docs
Madison County Circuit Judge Don Weber has ordered the unsealing of two briefs that insurer AIG filed under seal in defending a proposed Lakin Law Firm class action.
Family of man slain in McDonald's drive-through sues
An East St. Louis McDonald's restaurant is being sued by the family of a male shot and killed in its drive-through lane two years ago.