Amelia Flood News
Hearing pushed off in retaliatory discharge suit while appeal pending
A hearing on a plaintiff's request for a $130,000 bond pending a defense appeal of a $100,000 verdict has been moved.
Attorney for teachers union asks for hearing on motion to dismiss mother's suit
Falb An attorney representing the O'Fallon school district's teacher's union is asking that the court set a hearing date on his client's move to have a suit stemming from a teacher's sexual relationship with a teenager thrown out.
Matoesian finds defendants in Locklear Electric class action in default
Matoesian Two defendants in one of a series of class actions filed over faxed advertisements are in default, according to an order signed by a Madison County judge.
Schottel responds to Young's move for sanctions over fees from Venezia wrongful death case
Schottel St. Louis attorney James Schottel Jr. claims that former St. Clair County Circuit Judge Patrick Young has not outlined how a federal suit Schottel Jr. filed against him in St. Louis federal court is "frivolous."
Plaintiff asks for $130,000 appeals bond in East County Transport retaliatory discharge case
A plaintiff who won $100,000 from East County Transport in a retaliatory discharge case tried earlier this year in Madison County is asking for $130,000 in bond while the defense appeals the verdict.
Parties possibly on verge of settlement in woman's suit over husband's, infant 's deaths
Hylla The parties in a wrongful death suit over a tow truck accident in Granite City that left a man and his nine-month-old son dead may be close to a settlement.
Cueto sets deadlines leading up to March certification hearing in Locklear case
Cueto A timeline for defendant Florissant Injury and Pain Relief Center to respond to a March 24 class certification hearing in St. Clair County has been set by Circuit Judge Lloyd Cueto.
Roche v. First Health class action set for status conference in February
Burke A St. Clair County class action suit filed against First Health Insurance Company by Swansea chiropractor Kathleen Roche, the objector to a competing case in Madison County, is set for a status conference on Feb. 7.
Third party motion to quash defense subpoena in Syngenta atrazine suit moved
Perica The parties in one of a series of proposed class action suits over alleged water contamination by the weed killer atrazine have pushed back a hearing on a move to quash a discovery request.
Husband's suit against wife who allegedly left him in bathtub, ordered to mediation
Mudge A lawsuit filed by a man who claims his wife of more than 20 years left him for days in a bathtub without food or water and then allegedly stole his retirement savings is headed to mediation in January.
Case management order, trial date set in mother's band teacher suit
Falb A case management order has been entered setting the timeline leading up to a potential trial in a suit against O'Fallon School District #203, its teachers union and former band teacher Matthew Lang over Lang's sexual relationship with the plaintiff's teenage daughter.
Callis recuses in street worker's retaliatory discharge suit against city of Madison
Callis Madison County Chief Judge Ann Callis has recused herself from a street worker's retaliatory discharge case against the city of Madison brought over injuries sustained while lifting a dead animal.
Mudge takes disputed Bemis-Cincinnati class action settlement claim under advisement
Mudge Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge has taken under advisement a disputed claim allegedly worth more than $500,000 in a 2005 Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) discount class action brought by chiropractor Frank Bemis.
Motions to dismiss Saline Township sexual battery cases pushed off to January
Ruth A consolidated motion hearing to dismiss a series of sexual battery cases against Saline Township and former Township Supervisor Alvin Steiner has been pushed off into the new year.
Ruth to hear Saline Township's motions to dismiss sexual battery suits
Tom Maag Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth is set to hear another round of dismissal moves today in a series of sexual battery cases filed against Saline Township and its former township supervisor Alvin Steiner.
Lakin team wants to 're-write' Bemis settlement agreement for late filer, defendants say
Lakin An insurance company that settled a 2005 Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) discount class action brought by chiropractor Frank Bemis claims that Bemis and the class want to "re-write the parties' Settlement Agreement," because one class member didn't follow its terms.
Defendant opposes plaintiffs' move for punitive damages, pre-trial set in tow truck case
Hylla One of the defendants in a woman's suit over the two truck accident that killed her husband and infant son in November 2008 has filed his opposition to a motion seeking punitive damages.
Cueto sets class hearing in Finley CVS case
Cueto St. Clair County Circuit Judge Lloyd Cueto has set a class notice hearing in January in a case over the effectiveness of CVS Pharmacies Inc.'s version of the immune system supplement "Airborne."
Gilbert extends briefing schedule on Syngenta motion to dismiss atrazine class action
Tillery U.S. District Court Judge J. Phil Gilbert has given the parties in a proposed federal class action suit over the weed killer atrazine more time to prepare to argue a motion to dismiss the suit for lack of personal jurisdiction.
Case management set in misconduct suit against Pontoon Beach
Mudge A case management conference is set Dec. 15 in a suit brought against Pontoon Beach over an intersection accident at which the plaintiff claims the village failed to maintain traffic lights.