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Recent case highlights law regarding liability and liquor sales
Al Capone While bar fights are common, a recent case in Madison County has highlighted that, to bar owners, they can be expensive events.
Hearing set next week in series of legal fee disputes filed in Madison, St. Clair counties
Burke Feuding former law partners are set for a hearing as their fee disputes filed in two counties await the results of mediation ordered by Madison and St. Clair County judges.
'09 physical contact injury case jury trial stricken, non-jury to be set
A jury trial set Monday in a woman's suit over unwanted touching is off.
Callis set to open case over amputated leg Monday
Callis A couple's suit against a Highland hospital and its staff over a misdiagnosis that the plaintiffs allege led to a leg amputation is set for trial Monday..
Plaintiffs' case wraps up in train-truck trial; attorneys spar over testimony
Byron Railroad safety expert Charles Culver of Texas testified for plaintiffs in a trial involving a truck and train accident three years ago in Iron County, Mo. which killed the passenger and injured the driver.
Briefing schedule ordered in Target class action
Burke The parties in a slow-moving 2008 class action suit in St. Clair County against Target are moving forward again.
CVS objects to class notice in St. Clair County immune supplement case
Cueto The defendant in one of a series of 2008 class actions filed in St. Clair County over the effectiveness of immune system supplements is objecting to the proposed class notice in the case.
Status conference set in unpaid gastric bypass surgery suit against St. Clair County
A status conference has been set in a woman's suit against St. Clair County over an allegedly unpaid weight loss surgery.
Defendant files answer, appearance in Sprague car accident suit
The defendant in a personal injury suit brought by a Belleville attorney on his own behalf and that of his wife, the St. Clair County Recorder of Deeds, has filed his answer and appearance in the 2009 suit.
Jury hears opening statements in truck-train wrongful death case
Byron A combined wrongful death suit and personal injury suit against Union Pacific Railroad Company began in earnest Tuesday as jurors heard opening statements and the beginning of the plaintiffs' case.
Tillery files for hearing on motion to compel in atrazine class action
Tillery Another discovery dispute has arisen in one of a series of proposed class action suits against the maker of the herbicide atrazine.
Edwardsville attorney suing to prevent former partner from collecting on Big Sky settlement
Edwardsville attorney Glenn Bradford is suing his former law partner, asking the court to prevent him from collecting parts of a multi-million dollar class action settlement and other fees.
Wrongful death trial against Union Pacific gets under way with jury selection
Jury selection in a wrongful death case involving a Highland man killed by a train in Missouri got under way in Madison County on Monday.
Second attorney withdraws from woman's suit against Wal-Mart
A second attorney has bowed out of a suit brought by a pregnant woman who claims a Wal-Mart employee battered her, injuring her unborn child.
Plaintiff denied new trial, asks for taxable costs in dog chase injury case
A Granite City woman who claims her neighbor's dog chased her sister and caused a collision that injured her will not get to take her suit to a second jury.
Buckles appealing summary judgment moves in legal malpractice suit
Dripps A long-fought legal malpractice case that has entangled a number of high-profile Madison County attorneys is headed to the appellate court in Mount Vernon.
Trial date pushed off as parties in personal injury, dram shop suit talk settlement
Stack Parties to a combination personal injury and dram shop suit are in settlement talks and have pushed off today's trial date.
Doctor files for court costs in second trial of medical malpractice case
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The doctor who has won two medical malpractice suits over the alleged misdiagnosis of a woman's cancerous mole is asking the court to award him nearly $9,000 in court costs.
Defamation, breach of contract suit against Country Mutual settles for $455,000
Ruth A defamation and breach of contract case that netted a Granite City man $190,000 after a May trial this year has ended, with the insurer paying out $455,000 to settle the case.
Matoesian to open wrongful death trial Monday
Matoesian A wrongful death suit filed by the family of a Highland man who died when the car he was a passenger in was hit by a train in August 2007 is set for trial Monday.