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Expert witness hearing moved to April in Holiday Shores atrazine class action
Mudge A hearing on when an expert witness from the University of Chicago was retained by the defendant in a class action over the weed killer atrazine has been moved for a second time.
Third party moves to quash subpoenas in Syngenta atrazine class action
Lamb Attorneys for the University of Chicago are asking Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge to quash a series of subpoenas that would require their presence at a March 18 hearing in a class action brought against Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. over its chemical atrazine.
Hearing set March 24 in '05 Cincinnati Insurance PPO settlement dispute
Mudge A dispute involving the settlement of a 2005 Madison County class action against Cincinnati Insurance Company over Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) discounts will be heard March 24.
Trial involving car accident caused by dog continued
Callis A trial involving a Troy woman whose dog allegedly caused a car accident was continued Monday in Madison County.
Mudge ends '01 Federal Express class action; Lead plaintiff could not show he received late delivery
Goldenberg A 10 year-old Madison County class action against Federal Express over alleged late deliveries is over.
Callis to hear motions in dispute between father and children over Granite City properties
Madison County Chief Judge Ann Callis is set to hear motions March 18 in a dispute between a Granite City man and his children over how certain properties and businesses he owned came into his offspring's hands.
Crowder opens first day of comments on 2012 asbestos scheduling
Shultz Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder on Friday said she was open to suggestions about how to schedule cases for trial in the court's packed asbestos docket.
Syngenta attorneys object to Holiday Shores' notices requiring them to appear
Reeg Attorneys for the defendant in one of a series of proposed class actions over the weed killer atrazine are calling on a Madison County Judge to quash hearing notices they say are "an abuse of the discovery process."
Couple settles suit against Dioceses of Peoria and priest; Affair resulted in pregnancy and coerced abortion, suit claimed
Callis A Madison County lawsuit against the Catholic Diocese of Peoria over a woman's alleged affair with a priest is settled.
Leskera gets extension to respond to legal malpractice suit
Dripps Collinsville attorney John "Jack" Leskera has more time to file his response to a legal malpractice suit filed against him this year by former client Gary Lutman.
STD test results suit in court on March 15
Schwade Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge will hold a hearing March 15 in chambers on motions including a dismissal move and a plea to enter a third party complaint in a suit over the alleged revelation of sexually transmitted disease (STD) test results in a romantic squabble.
Federal court denies motions to quash U of C professor's depositions in atrazine case
Coursey A University of Chicago professor whose role as an expert witness is central to discovery disputes in two proposed atrazine class actions says he will comply with discovery requests.
Spragues' suit over car accident gets new judge
LeChien A personal injury suit filed by attorney Robert Sprague on his own behalf and that of his wife, St. Clair County Auditor Patty Sprague has a new judge.
Cueto to hear class notice issue in CVS immune supplement class action March 30
Finley St. Clair County Circuit Judge Lloyd Cueto is set to hear arguments on how a class of CVS Pharmacies Inc. customers will be notified about a class action suit brought over the effectiveness of an immune system supplement.
Status hearing moved to June in St. Stanislaus suit against Greensfelder firm
Cueto A status hearing in a suit brought by a break-away Catholic church against its former attorneys has been moved to June.
Ruth to hear Madison's summary judgment motion in worker's retaliatory discharge suit
Ruth Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth is set to hear a summary judgment motion filed by the City of Madison in a case brought by a former worker who claims he was wrongly fired.
Mudge to hear motions in suit over seizure medicine prescription
Mudge Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge will hear motions Friday in a suit brought by two Bethalto parents who claim that his doctor gave their son drugs that did not prevent seizures that resulted in his hospitalization.
Defendants moving to file counterclaim in abortion clinic battery suit
Defendants in a Madison County suit brought over a woman's abortion are moving to file a third party complaint in the case.
University of Chicago professor calls Tillery's discovery requests 'irrelevant' and 'harassing'; Hearing reset to March 18
Tillery An evidentiary hearing set Thursday in a proposed Madison County class action against Syngenta over its weed killer atrazine has been moved.
Judge keeps sexual harassment case going, allows discovery to begin
A sexual harassment suit filed against the Illinois Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Foundation and its president, Gary Moore, will go on and discovery will begin again.