News from September 2014
Car owner sued over test-drive crash
A Madison County man is being sued after his car allegedly was in a crash while being taken for a test drive.
Madison County foreclosures Sept. 15-18
September 15, 2014
St. Clair County real estate Sept. 8-12
September 8, 2014
Madison County real estate Sept. 8-10
September 8, 2014Alton:$22,000- 2334 Mound St.- Secretary of HUD to Jake Laplant$76,000- 218 Wisconsin Ave.- Robert and Gina Brown to Stephne Michael and Virginia R. CoolbaughCollinsville:$4,000- Tract of Land Lebanon Rd.- Jerry L. Heck to Madison Co. Mass TransitCottage Hills:$24,000- 118 N. Williams St.- JP Morgan to Ralph J. Nowack and Barbara Ann NowackEdwardsville:$150,000- 10 Wiltshire Ct.- Federal
Toxic exposure suits against Cerro have multiplied into thousands of claims in St. Clair County
CuetoToxic exposure suits that lay dormant for four years sprang into action this year and multiplied into thousands in St. Clair County circuit court.Cerro Flow Products, a recycler of copper in Sauget, faces 22 exposure suits that started in 2009 and 2010, plus 113 new suits with up to 99 plaintiffs in each.Cerro advised Chief Judge John Baricevic in June that, “The mediation between Cerro and the
Difference in litigating asbestos cases in federal court? They have to be 'worked up,' lawyers say
ST. LOUIS – Since asbestos cases have found their way back into federal courts across the nation, attorneys from both sides of the asbestos litigation field have agreed that litigating in district courts is nothing to be afraid of.
Sometimes, procrastination is the best policy
When Congress or a state assembly is closely divided and neither party can pass legislation desired by constituents, it's common to hear frustrated partisans complain about “gridlock.” They say the word with a snarl, like it's some kind of contagion or something foul they've stepped in accidentally.
Illinois Supreme Court agrees to review Price v. Philip Morris
TilleryThe Illinois Supreme Court will once again weigh in on the Madison County case over cigarette labeling that has been smoldering in the state’s courts for more than a decade.The justices today granted Philip Morris’ petition for leave to appeal the April ruling from the Fifth District Appellate Court, which reversed the lower court and effectively reinstated the $10.1 billion verdict in the lawsuit
Woman blames rheumatologist for husband's death
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St. Clair County man files suit over rear-end crash
A St. Clair County man says he was hurt when he was rear-ended while driving in East St. Louis.
Mother of boy killed by car sues driver, man supervising son
Bruce R. CookA St. Clair County mother is suing a driver and the man who was allegedly supervising her son when he was hit and killed by a car.Melissa Yarber, as special administrator of the Estate of Logan Steven Adams, filed suit Sept. 9 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Jessica R. Patton and Brandon Adams.Yarber says her son was with Adams on June 29. The two were playing outside in the