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14-year-old charged in Madison County Courthouse bomb threat
A 14 year-old boy from Florissant, Mo. has been charged with a class three felony for making a false bomb threat and disorderly conduct after causing the evacuation of the Madison County Criminal Justice Center in Edwardsville yesterday.
Matoesian to hear summary judgment move in Alton accident case
Matoesian Madison County Circuit Judge Andreas Matoesian is set to hear arguments Friday in a summary judgment move filed by the city of Alton in a suit brought by a man injured at a two way stop sign he claims should have been a four-way stop.
Judge Mudge takes office
Mudge As he thanked and praised family, friends and members of Madison County's legal community, William Mudge looked to the back of the courtroom at the man whose seat as circuit judge he'd just filled.
Hylla allows company time to fix service issues in 'Holiday Magic' suit
Hylla An Edwardsville company suing the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission (SLCVC) over a broken contract related to its "Holiday Magic" events has been given time to fix service issues.
Sara Buske sues divorce attorney, accounting firm
Beasley Sara Buske, one of the parties in a contentious divorce that saw the intervention of the maker of Ziploc bags, has filed suit against the law firm that represented her in that divorce and her accountants.
Thiems seeks $428 in court costs from AT&T in severed cables case
Godfrey An Edwardsville construction company that won a November trial in a suit brought by AT&T over severed underground cables is seeking $428 in court costs.
East County Transport moving to hold off $100,000 retaliatory discharge judgment
East County Transport is asking a Madison County judge to hold off enforcing a $100,000 judgment won by a former employee until the company has a chance to take its case to the appellate court.
Shop Vac fire case settles, had been set for trial Monday
MacDonald A Madison County couple's suit involving burn injuries allegedly caused by a Shop Vac, has settled.
Hylla to mediate widow's suit against doctor over husband's suicide
Hylla Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla is set to play mediator in a case brought a woman who claims a Collinsville doctor did not monitor her husband's medication and mental condition leading him to commit suicide.
Granite City car accident injury case going to mediation, had been set for trial Monday
Matoesian A Granite City car accident injury case set for trial Monday will go to arbitration instead.
American Family's suit against contractors, insulation company over fire payout settles
Ruth An insurance company's suit against two contractors and an insulation company over a more than $250,000 fire claim it paid out is over.
Move to dismiss "Holiday Magic" breach of contract case in court
Hylla Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla is set to hear a motion to dismiss a suit brought over St. Louis' "Holiday Magic" event.
Rick Jones awarded $450k in case against homebuyer who didn't follow-through
Former Wood River real estate tycoon Rick Jones has won $450,000 in a default judgment against a woman who did not go through with a home purchase in one of his developments.
Third parties moving to quash subpoenas in atrazine class action
Byron The Illinois Farm Bureau is calling a subpoena it faces as third party to a proposed Madison County class action "overbroad."
Ex-staffers' suit against Cahokia water district stalls
LeChien A suit against Commonfields Cahokia Public Water District filed by former employees is stalled in St. Clair County Circuit Court.
Motion to dismiss janitor's $800,000 suit against Belleville students to be heard
Cueto A motion to dismiss a suit brought by a Belleville West High School janitor seeking $800,000 for injuries he claimed to have suffered due to student horseplay will be heard Dec. 20 before St. Clair County Circuit Judge Lloyd Cueto.
Plaintiff appealing partial summary judgment in suit against Allstate
A Madison County plaintiff who won more than $1 million in damages in an accident that led to the amputation of his foot, is appealing partial summary judgment granted to the insurer that settled his first lawsuit.
Stack denies Norfolk Southern's motion to dismiss injury suit
Stack Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack has denied a motion to dismiss an injury suit against Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
Matoesian denies Union Pacific in wrongful death verdict
Collignon Gunn Union Pacific Railroad will not get a judgment different than the $1.25 million verdict a jury awarded the plaintiffs in a combined wrongful death and personal injury suit.
Stack certifies class action against Sanford Brown days before retiring
Stack AA class action against Sanford Brown Colleges and its corporate parent has been certified by Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack.