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Thursday, March 28, 2024

News from February 2008


Friday, March 7

By Carrie Gonzalez |
9:30 a.m.

Thursday, March 6

By Carrie Gonzalez |
8:30 a.m.

Wednesday, March 5

By Carrie Gonzalez |
1 p.m.

Monday, March 3

By Carrie Gonzalez |
9 a.m.

Sears wants saw blade case moved to Scott County

By Steve Gonzalez |
Dan Ball Sears is asking Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder to transfer a product liability case to Scott County, arguing the case has little if any connection to Madison County.

Med-mal suit against Anderson anesthesiologists gets quick boot

By Steve Gonzalez |
Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder Jurors took just two hours to clear two Maryville anesthesiologists of any wrongdoing in a medical malpractice trial that had nearly lasted four weeks.

Judge rejects Lakin's plea deal

By Steve Gonzalez |
Tom Lakin (left) leaving the federal courthouse in Benton on Feb. 28, with his lawyer Scott Rosenblum. BENTON, Ill. -- A federal judge has rejected a plea deal by high-profile Metro-East lawyer Tom Lakin that would have removed all the sex charges against him in return for guilty pleas on the drugs charges.

Inmate's suit targets prison guards' treatment, Ill. jail policy

By Steve Gonzalez |
A jailed sex offender has sued the Illinois Department of Corrections for $2 million damages claiming his Constitutional rights were breached in an Illinois prison.

Seaman seeks compensation, payments in barge-injury claim

By Steve Gonzalez |
A barge worker on the Mississippi River who claims he permanently injured his hip on the job has sued Teco Barge Line for failing to provide a safe working environment.

Lawyer's pricey malpractice testimony draws big legal crowd

By Steve Gonzalez |
Tom Keefe An expert witness charging $1,000 per hour was the star attraction last week at the malpractice trial of law firm Thompson Coburn.

Crushed by truck in parking lot, woman's estate files suit

By Steve Gonzalez |
Schneider National Carriers The estate of Cathie Ann Dolter filed a wrongful death complaint against Schneider National Carriers, Keene's Transfer and Marion Beaty in Madison County Circuit Court Feb. 20, alleging she was struck by a truck while walking at the Flying J's in Granite City on Jan. 21.

Mediation breaks down in Hartford vapor complaints

By Steve Korris |
Nine months of mediation in lawsuits of Hartford residents claiming damages from petroleum vapors brought the village to a dead end.

Asbestos Jury Docket: Monday, March 3

By Carrie Gonzalez |
9 a.m.

Asbestos Motion Docket: Friday, March 7

By Carrie Gonzalez |
10 a.m.

Pfizer wants Tillery to cough up plaintiffs' Celebrex and Bextra Rx bills

By Steve Korris |
Drug maker Pfizer has delivered 36 million pages of facts about painkillers Celebrex and Bextra to class action attorney Stephen Tillery, but he won't tell Pfizer who prescribed the pills for his clients or who paid for the pills.

Corpse replaced with chiropractors in 6th amended complaint against American Family

By Steve Korris |
Millar Lakin Law Firm attorneys who have kept a Madison County class action alive with a dead class representative for four years propose to replace the corpse with a far flung band of chiropractors.

Witness on stand for fifth day in Thompson Coburn trial

By Ann Knef |
Carr If anyone in Judge Daniel Stack's courtroom had been praying for divine intervention it may have arrived Tuesday via comic relief in a drawn-out legal malpractice trial against Thompson Coburn.

Sandberg, Phoenix & von Gontard opens office in Edwardsville

By Ann Knef |
Sandberg, Phoenix & von Gontard, P.C. announces the opening of its newest office in Edwardsville effective Feb. 25.

Adverse reaction to wash formula alleged in suit

By Steve Gonzalez |
A woman who slipped on a floor mat at an area gas station filed a personal injury suit against the supplier of the mats in Madison County Circuit Court Feb. 22.

Change of plea hearing set in Lakin case

By Steve Gonzalez |
Tom Lakin United States District Judge J. Phil Gilbert in Benton will hold a plea agreement hearing in Tom Lakin's criminal case Thursday at 10 a.m.