Amelia Flood News
Suit against Springfield Diocese, Catholic youth home amended
Callis An amended complaint has been filed in a suit brought by a woman who claims residents of a Catholic youth home in Alton attacked her.
Bar owner moving to move suit over patron's injuries to Alexander County
An Alexander County bar owner is seeking to take a suit filed in St. Clair County by a patron who claims to have been injured in a bar fight back to its home county.
Removal notice in Cahokia Water District employees' suit added to file a year later
LeChien Although the defendants in a suit brought by former employees of the Commonfields of Cahokia Water District removed the suit to federal court in March 2010, the suit's St. Clair County file did not reflect the removal until recently.
No action since January in state's suit against Cahokia Mounds ATV drivers
There has been no action in a suit brought against two ATV riders who allegedly injured a Department of Natural Resources while riding illegally on the grounds of Cahokia Mounds.
Ruth dismisses claims in Saline Township suits; gives plaintiffs time to amend
A new order dismissing a number of claims contained in a series of sexual misconduct suits filed against Saline Township and a former official marks the first action in the cases in months.
Ruth continues hearing on sheriff's motion to dismiss suit brought by prisoner
Hertz Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth continued a hearing set last week to May in a suit brought by a man who claims the Madison County Sheriff's Department denied him proper psychiatric care.
Plaintiff asks to settle wrongful death suit over colon cancer diagnosis
Schoen The estate of a woman who sued the owner of Heartland Healthcare is asking Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla to approve the settlement of her case.
Matoesian partially stays case against Pratt & Tobin pending ARDC investigation
Shultz A legal malpractice suit against Pratt & Tobin P.C. has been semi-halted until the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Committee of the Supreme Court of Illinois (ARDC) resolves its own investigation into the plaintiff's complaint against members of the firm.
Medical malpractice suit over birthing operation complications in court April 28
Dennis Madison County Chief Judge Ann Callis is set to hear pending motions in a couple's medical malpractice suit against an obstetrician-gynecologist and Alton Memorial Hospital.
Case management conference set in misconduct suit against St. Mary's Health Center
A case management is set in a misconduct lawsuit filed against St. Mary's Health Center and a number of other defendants by the estate of a rehab facility patient.
Case management set in Bethalto homeowner's suit over storm flooding
Callis A Bethalto man's suit against the village and a developer over sewer backups that allegedly flooded his home after storms in 2008 is set for case management.
Status or dismissal conference set in mechanical bull finger amputation case
Mudge A man's suit over the alleged amputation of his finger by a mechanical bull ride is set for a status update or dismissal.
Hylla moves abortion clinic battery suit hearing again
A hearing on summary judgment and other motions in a battery case filed against a Granite City women's clinic is now set for May.
Mudge orders Syngenta to produce PR firm documents
Mudge Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge has ordered Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. to turn over public relations and other documents that the company had claimed were privileged to plaintiff Holiday Shores Sanitary District.
All associate judges seeking retention in St. Clair County
All of St. Clair County's associate judges will be up for a retention vote this year.
They join their Madison County counterparts who are also all seeking to retain their seats on the bench.
Jury awards $3.7 million to family of worker killed in Millstadt trench accident; second suit filed by family of second man killed still pending
LeChien A St. Clair County jury awarded $3.7 million on April 15 to the family of one of two men killed in a March 2008 trench collapse in Millstadt.
Syngenta files responses to sanctions moves centered on Swiss documents, market share data
Tillery Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. has filed two responses to sanctions moves aimed at it by the lead plaintiff in a proposed class action over alleged water contamination caused by the company's weed killer, atrazine.
Case against Madison County Sheriff's office, others goes to Chapman; pre-trial set for May
Hertz A Godfrey man's suit against Madison County Sheriff Robert Hertz and his department has a new judge to oversee its May pre-trial.
Attorneys file to withdraw as plaintiffs change law firm in cerebral palsy suit against doctor, St. Louis University
A woman suing St. Louis University and the doctor she claims is responsible for her daughter's cerebral palsy is changing attorneys.
No action since September 2010 in suit against Bayer over Trayslol
There has been no action since two of the attorneys for five plaintiffs suing Bayer Corp. and two of its pharmaceutical arms over the drug Trasylol filed to bow out of the suit last September.