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Hylla to hear motions in Rosewood Care Center negligence case
Hylla An April 5 trial against an Edwardsville nursing home has been set aside.
Assault case against Godfrey car dealer dismissed
Maag An assault case brought against a Godfrey car dealer by a woman who claimed he refused to let her out of his office and showed her pornography is over.
Last party settles in complicated Pontoon Beach accident case
A complicated lawsuit stemming from a 2006 Pontoon Beach car accident is over.
Crowder sets final pre-trial hearing, trial date in Buckles legal malpractice case
Dripps A new trial date and final pre-trial hearing has been set in an asbestos plaintiff's legal malpractice case against prominent Madison County attorneys.
Stack approves $21 million Big Sky settlement, attorneys get $7 million
Stack Attorneys in a seven year-old class action case that stemmed from previous litigation over telephone overcharges will walk away from the case with $7 million in fees.
Two defendants settle in Accutane case
Hylla The makers of an acne drug have settled seven year-old case brought by a man who claims that their product caused him to develop inflammatory bowel disease.
Attorneys net $125,000 in Household Financial class action settlement
Marks After securing a $100,000 settlement for members of a class action suit over mortgage interest fees, the attorneys walked away with $125,000 in fees.
Collinsville attorney conjures up mystery in Cahokia Mounds youth novel
Levy A green dragon with a fondness for literature and an Elijah Lovejoy pipe waited years before Collinsville attorney Mark Levy brought him to life on paper.
Cueto denies arbitration in suit over trust withdrawals
St. Clair County Circuit Judge Lloyd Cueto will not force a deceased millionaire's offspring to arbitrate their claims against an investment firm that allegedly let a second wife to withdraw nearly $2 million from a trust account.
Judge resets status conference in St. Louis Bread Co. coffee spill case
A status conference has been moved to May 18 as discovery continues in a St. Clair County suit over coffee that allegedly burned an infant at a St. Louis Bread Company restaurant.
No answer filed yet in Belleville attorney's car accident suit
A man who allegedly ran a stop sign and injured Belleville attorney Robert Sprague and his wife, St. Clair County Auditor Patty Sprague, has yet to file his answer in the October 2009 suit.
Suit: Wife left husband in tub for two days without food
Crowder A Granite City man's lawsuit against his wife whom he is divorcing, is one with a "bizarre set of facts," declared Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder who heard motion in the case on Tuesday.
Matoesian denies Ford's motion to dismiss combustible car suit
Matoesian A case against Ford Motor Co. over a car that allegedly burst into flames, destroying a man's garage, will go forward.
Metro East officials to oppose STAR bonds legislation
Pictured are Sen. Haine at podium; Rep. Hoffman at left; St. Clair County Board Chairman Mark Kern at center. State Rep. Jay Hoffman and state Sen. Bill Haine announced that they would join a number of local mayors and their communities in opposing the so-called "STAR" bond legislation that would get a 650 acre mall development off the ground in Glen Carbon.
Defendants move to dismiss sexual assault case
The defendants in a suit over a woman's alleged sexual assault at a Godfrey car dealership have asked that the case be thrown out.
Fifth woman sues Saline Township, former supervisor
Another woman claims that former Saline Township Supervisor Alvin Steiner touched her inappropriately when she came seeking public aid in August 2008.
Asbestos cases accumulating in St. Clair County's little used docket
Cates St. Clair County's nearly dormant asbestos docket is seeing new life.
Crowder approves Household Financial class action settlement
Crowder Even though a potential contrarian didn't show up at a Madison County class action settlement conference, Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder didn't make approval of the roughly $100,000 settlement easy for those who did.
Plaintiff wants to continue trial in Hopkins Goldenberg legal malpractice case
Matoesian The widow of a man who allegedly died from an asbestos-related disease wants to put off a legal malpractice trial against several prominent Madison County attorneys.
Crowder to hear arguments in Household Financial class action settlement
Crowder Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder will hear arguments in favor of the settlement of a long-running mortgage interest fee class action.