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Madison moves for summary judgment in retaliatory discharge suit
Callis The City of Madison is moving for summary judgment in a wrongful discharge suit brought by a former employee who claims lifting a large animal carcass led to the workers compensation claim that got him fired.
Crowder to hear motion to resolve disputes in Bemis class action settlement
Lakin Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder is set to resolve disputed claims in a 2005 Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) class action settlement she approved last year.
Boy's hockey injury case in court
Hylla A case management conference is set in a father's suit against an insurance company he claims wrongfully refused to pay a claim resulting from his son's hockey injuries.
Chapman set to oversee case management in couple's suit over car hauler's injuries
Byron A suit seeking nearly 20 counts worth of damages over a man's injuries allegedly caused by faulty car hauling rigs is set for case management Friday.
Illinois American moving for summary judgment in suffocation suit
Mudge The Illinois-American Water Company is seeking summary judgment in a wrongful death suit filed by a woman who claims her husband suffocated in an underground water vault in Cottage Hills two years ago.
Case management set in defamation suit
A case management conference is set in a defamation of character suit brought against the Alton Telegraph and its owners that seeks more than $1 million in damages.
Nurse suing former co-workers, Saint Anthony's drops some claims
Ruth A former nurse has dropped a discrimination claim and parts of several defamation counts in a suit brought against Saint Anthony's Hospital of Alton and several of its staff members.
Matoesian denies motion to dismiss med mal case stemming from doctor's phone call
Matoesian Madison County Circuit Judge Andreas Matoesian said he "flip-flopped" on deciding whether or not to throw out a stroke victim's suit against a Missouri-based doctor.
Appellate court receives appeal of partial summary judgment in foot amputation case
Callis The Fifth District Appellate Court has received notice that an Alton man who won more than $1 million in a personal injury suit last year is appealing the partial summary judgment granted to Allstate Insurance Company in a resulting lawsuit.
O'Fallon #203 denied appeal of venue change in music teacher suit
Falb The Fifth District Appellate Court has denied O'Fallon School District #203's attempt to send a sexual battery suit brought by the mother of a teenager who had a relationship with her music teacher to St. Clair County.
Botched paternity test suit in pre-trial on Wednesday
Steele A pre-trial is set Wednesday in a man's suit over the botched paternity test he claims denied him more than a decade of time with his child.
Locklear Electric moves for default judgment in '08 faxed ad class action
A Wood River electric company that has led a number of class actions in both Madison and St. Clair counties is moving for a default judgment in one those suits filed two years ago.
Pre-trial set in damages trial of Arkansas man's FELA suit against Union Pacific
Ruth A pre-trial conference is set next week in the retrial of the damages issue in an Arkansas man's FELA suit against Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Crowder, Tognarelli certified as peer mentors
Tognarelli Madison County Circuit Judges Barbara Crowder and Richard Tognarelli have been certified as judicial mentors by the Illinois State Supreme Court.
Syngenta answers amended complaint in federal atrazine class action
Tillery EAST ST. LOUIS - Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. and its Swiss parent company have filed an answer in a proposed atrazine class action suit brought by the city of Greenville, denying they should be subject to Southern District of Illinois' jurisdiction.
Asbestos filings up in St. Clair, Madison filings top 650
Gori St. Clair County's asbestos docket has jumped so significantly in the last year to the point that presiding Associate Judge Andrew Gleeson is now scheduling monthly motion calls.
Status conference set in Spragues' personal injury suit
LeChien A personal injury suit filed by Belleville attorney Robert Sprague and his wife, St. Clair County Recorder of Deeds Patty Sprague, will be in court Thursday for a status conference.
Case management conference set in suit over music teacher's relationship with teen
Callis A case management conference is set in a suit brought against O'Fallon School District #203, its teachers union and a former high school band teacher the plaintiff claims had a sexual relationship with her teenage daughter.
Hylla tosses third party complaint against sports bar in woman's suit over husband, infant son's deaths
Hylla A third party complaint against Mac & Mick's Sports Bar of Granite City brought in the wrongful death suit stemming from the deaths of a man and his infant son has been thrown out.
Appellate court receives Syngenta discovery order appeal in atrazine class action
Crowder The appellate court at Mount Vernon has received the appeal of a discovery order targeted by both sides and third parties in one of a series of proposed class actions over the weed killer atrazine.