News from November 2023
Multiple Polsinelli Litigation Practices Recognized Among the Nation’s Best by BTI Consulting Group
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli is pleased to announce it has once again been recognized in six categories in BTI Consulting Group’s newly published 2024 Litigation Outlook guide.
Bethalto homeowner alleges landscaping company failed to complete work
EDWARDSVILLE - A Bethalto homeowner alleges a landscaping company failed to complete the contracted deck work, resulting in water damage due to a hole left exposed on the side of his house.
Wrongful death suit alleges nursing home patient suffered brain injury from fall
EDWARDSVILLE — A family member of a nursing home patient who died after suffering a traumatic brain injury claims the patient fell as a result of negligent care.
Attorney General Raoul Files Brief to Protect Access to Lifesaving Gender-affirming Care
Attorney General Kwame Raoul is opposing a state law in Oklahoma that severely limits the ability of transgender youth to access critical, lifesaving gender-affirming care.
Suit alleges man contracted MRSA while getting COVID booster
EDWARDSVILLE - A man claims he contracted MRSA due to an unsterile environment while getting a COVID booster vaccination at the Collinsville CVS.
McGlynn rejects state's request for more time to respond to motion for injunctive relief from firearm registration deadline
U.S District Judge Stephen McGlynn denied the state’s request for additional time to respond to a motion by gun advocates seeking injunctive relief from the approaching firearm registration deadline, but he granted their request to file a lengthy response “due to the complexity of the arguments in the motion for preliminary injunction.”
O'Fallon homeowners claim storm sewer renovation caused basement to flood
BELLEVILLE - O’Fallon homeowners claim the city damaged their sump pump drainage system during a storm sewer renovation project and refused to pay for the repairs.
John A. Logan College settles suit with student over its refusal to approve vaccination exemption
EAST ST. LOUIS - Luke Wegmann of Woodlawn and John A. Logan College of Carterville settled his claim that rejection of his request for religious exemption from virus vaccination cost him $222,059.
Illinois’ 2nd-highest gas taxes drive up Thanksgiving travel costs
More than 55 million people are traveling for Thanksgiving this year, according to AAA. Illinois motorists can avoid the nation’s second-highest gas taxes by filling up in other states.
Blank Rome Recognized by TIME Magazine Among America’s Top Law Firms of 2024
TIME Magazine and Statista, a data and business intelligence platform, recognized Blank Rome among America’s Top Law Firms of 2024.
Attorney General Raoul Charges Stark County Man for Disseminating Child Pornography
Attorney General Kwame Raoul charged a Stark County man with dissemination of child pornography.
Campaign committee created to smear GOP IL Supreme Court candidates hit with big campaign finance fine
The Illinois State Board of Elections says the All for Justice campaign committee, led by lawyer Luke Casson, a prominent ally of State Sen. President Don Harmon, must pay $99,500 for failing to report spending on time during the 2022 election campaign, when it spent millions to elect IL Supreme Court justices Rochford and O'Brien
Tractor-trailer driver sued for allegedly causing vehicle to strike a bridge, killing two children
A tractor-trailer driver is being sued after two children were killed in a crash caused when the defendant allegedly refused to allow their vehicle to pass on the interstate, causing the car to become airborne and hit a bridge.
Dugan remands suit involving fatal I-70 Greyhound bus crash to Madison County
EAST ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge David Dugan restored Madison County jurisdiction in a suit involving a fatal Greyhound bus crash at a rest area on Interstate 70 near Highland.
Madison County real estate Oct. 10-13
A Glen Carbon property sold for $545,000 as part of the Madison County real estate transactions for Oct. 10-13.
St. Clair County real estate July 31-Aug. 4
A Caseyville property sold for $620,000 as part of the St. Clair County real estate transactions for July 31-Aug. 4.
Madison County civil docket Nov. 27-Dec. 1
Madison County circuit judges have hearings scheduled on the civil docket for Nov. 27-Dec. 1.
Polsinelli Intellectual Property Department Ranks Highly in Patexia's 2023 ANDA, PTAB and CAFC Reports
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli is pleased to share that it has once again received high rankings in three recent Patexia reports – the 2023 ANDA Litigation Intelligence Report, the 2023 PTAB Intelligence Report and the 2023 CAFC Intelligence Report.
Woman sues over icy slip, fall at East Alton Circle K
EDWARDSVILLE - A woman is suing Mac’s Convenience Stores after she allegedly fell on icy pavement at the East Alton Circle K.
Wrongful death suit alleges nurse sexually assaulted nursing home patient
BENTON - Garden Place Waterloo, where nurse Kandy Gibson allegedly committed sexual abuse and aggravated battery on resident Jeannete Lentz, faces a claim that Lentz’s injuries resulted in her death.