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Cahokia school district case over faulty security measures, student sexual assault stalls
A suit against Cahokia Community Unit School District No. 187 filed by the mother of a student allegedly sexually assaulted by a school intruder has stalled in St. Clair County Circuit Court.
Status conference reset in Spragues' personal injury suit
The parties in a personal injury suit filed by attorney Robert Sprague and his wife, St. Clair County Recorder of Deeds Patty Sprague, have reset a status conference.
Case management set in St. Clair County PPO class action against Zenith Insurance
Burke The setting of a status conference is the first action since last year in a St. Clair County class action suit against Zenith Insurance Co. brought by plaintiff chiropractor Kathleen Roche.
Illinois wants more time to investigate defendants in Cahokia Mound suit
Young The state of Illinois has asked for more time to investigate whether two people who allegedly struck a Cahokia Mounds worker with an ATV have insurance.
Nestle moves to dismiss Lean Cuisine personal injury suit
Cueto A December status conference is set in a suit filed by a woman who claims to have been injured by a bone that wasn't supposed to be in her Lean Cuisine microwave dinner.
Plaintiff asks to move back hearing in suit against abortion provider Hope Clinic, others
Hylla The plaintiff who is suing two doctors and the staff at Hope Clinic in Granite City where she sought an abortion two years ago wants a hearing on two summary judgment moves in the case pushed back.
Crowder declines to add additional question to Buckles appeal
Crowder No new questions are going to the appellate court just yet in a legal malpractice suit brought by asbestos plaintiff Judy Buckles.
Trial postponed in case against Fast Eddie's and Regal Beagle
Callis A dram shop trial against Fast Eddie's Bon Air of Alton and the Reagal Beagle in Godfrey that had been set for next week has been postponed.
Hylla to hear arguments for approving United Life Insurance class action settlement
Hylla Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla is again set to hear arguments in favor the settlement of a nine year-old insurance class action suit next week.
Crowder sends last atrazine cases to Stack
Crowder Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder signed an order Sept. 29 sending the last two proposed atrazine class action cases pending against United Agri-Products Inc. and Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. to Circuit Judge Daniel Stack.
Plaintiff given time to respond to Saint Anthony's motion to dismiss
The plaintiff in a defamation case against a local hospital and its staff has been given two weeks to respond to a defense move to throw the case out.
Stack enters confidentiality order in woman's suit over revealed STD test results
Stack The parties in a suit over a woman's STD test results that were allegedly revealed by a romantic rival will be keeping mum about the case from now on.
Buckles wants appellate court to answer another question in legal malpractice suit
Dripps The plaintiff in a long-running asbestos legal malpractice case against big-time Madison County attorneys wants another question directed to the appellate court.
Harrison to hear dismissal moves by gynecologists in wrongful death over unborn baby
Madison County Associate Judge Clarence Harrison II will hear moves by two local obstetrician gynecologists to dismiss a woman's suit over the alleged wrongful death of her unborn child.
Carr seeking third trial for plaintiff; Claims defense let sympathy cloud jurors' judgment
Carr Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder has taken under advisement a plaintiff's motion to set aside a second medical malpractice defense verdict and give the plaintiff a third trial.
Callis denies defense move to transfer teacher-student sexual relationship suit
Callis A suit against the O'Fallon school district, its teachers union and a former music teacher will stay in Madison County, at least for one defendant.
O'Fallon homeowners' suit over sewer backup set for conference
A status conference is on in a suit filed last September over raw sewage a couple claims backed up from O'Fallon's sewers into their home.
Status conference set in suit over unpaid weight loss surgery
A status conference has been set in a suit against St. Clair County filed by a woman who claims her county health plan did not pay for her weight loss surgery as required.
Ruth bars real estate transfers in Steiner cases
Maag Rather than hearing a move by the plaintiffs in a series of sexual battery cases against Saline Township and former official Alvin Steiner, Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth conferred with attorneys from the parties trying to find the best way to keep Steiner's property from being transferred before the suits run their course.
County Board members gather to announce investigation into property tax auctions Monday
County Board member Jean Myers addresses a crowd outside the Madison County Administration building on Monday. A group of Madison County Board members gathered Monday morning to announce the beginning of their investigation into irregularities in property tax auctions.