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Syngenta issues subpoenas to National Resources Defense Council, experts in state atrazine case
Reeg Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. has issued subpoenas to the National Resources Defense Counsel (NRDC) and two of its experts in a proposed Madison County class action over the weed killer atrazine.
Status conference continued to July in cerebral palsy suit
A status conference in a suit brought by the mother of a girl diagnosed with cerebral palsy following her January 2005 birth has been pushed back.
Woman dismisses suit against roller rink
A Belleville woman has dropped her suit against a local roller rink.
Plaintiff outlines plan for class notice in CVS immune supplement class action
Cueto The lead plaintiff in a class action brought against CVS Pharmacies Inc. over claims its version of a popular immune system booster doesn't work has laid out how he will notify other class members.
End of era for bound law books: High court OKs online citation
Kilbride In another bow to the digital age, those bulky law books containing officially reported Illinois court opinions soon will be going the way of 8-track tapes and boom boxes.
Trial off in suit against St. Mary's Health Care Center
A trial set this coming Monday is off as Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge has given the parties in a negligence suit against the owners of Edwardsville Nursing & Rehab Center more time to file pleadings related to a motion to dismiss two counts of the suit and to a sanctions move.
Woman's suit against Illinois American over husband's suffocation in utility vault suit in court
Mudge Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge is set to hear a plea to settle a woman's suit over her husband's suffocation death in a utility vault June 3.
Sara Buske moves to drop accounting firm from suit against divorce attorneys
Beasley Sara Buske's 2010 malpractice case against her divorce attorneys and accountants is one defendant lighter.
Jan Doe seeks to remove Quest attorney in suit over revealed STD test results
A woman who claims a romantic rival leaked the results of her herpes test is now asking that the pro hac vice status of defendant Quest Diagnostics Inc.'s attorney be revoked.
Madison County Bar Association gathers for memorial to own
Bagpiper Marty Petrie plays a solemn rendition of "Amazing Grace" following eulogies given in honor of seven members of the Madison County Bar Association who passed away last year. They remembered a painter, a judge, an advocate for the poor, a real estate lawyer, scuba diver, a Missouri Tigers' fan, and "Zeke."
State bar association members give Madison, St. Clair associate judges high marks
Katz With the vote for their retention coming shortly, Madison and St. Clair Counties' associate judges can take comfort in an April 2011 poll showing that their colleagues from the state's bar association believe all 26 of them should continue on the bench.
Parties set schedule in suit over Boy Scout camp accident; Hylla finds motion to compel moot
Hylla The parties in a suit filed against the Lewis & Clark Council of the Boys Scouts of America have set the path to the suit's May 2012 trial.
Tillery asks federal court to unseal all documents in Syngenta atrazine class action
Tillery The City of Greenville is asking United States District Judge J. Phil Gilbert to unseal all of the documents related to a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction filed by one of the defendants in a proposed federal class action over the weed killer atrazine.
Move to take exploding ATV suit out of St. Clair County set for hearing
Van Court The makers of Yamaha ATVs will ask St. Clair County Associate Judge Andrew Gleeson May 31 to send a suit over an exploding gas tank to Washington or another county.
Spragues' car accident suit set for status in August
A personal injury suit filed by Belleville attorney Robert Sprague and his wife, St. Clair County Auditor Patty Sprague, is set for a status conference in August.
Mudge enforces settlement in man's scaffold collapse injury suit
Gloor Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge has entered an order enforcing a man's $450,000 settlement of a scaffolding collapse injury case while excluding a clause the plaintiff claimed was not negotiated by the parties.
Liberty Mutual points to appellate decision as it seeks summary judgment in PPO class
Schmieder Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company are pointing to a May 9 decision by the Fifth District Appellate Court in their quest for summary judgment in a 2004 class action over Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) discounts.
Antognoli moves to withdraw as attorney for dairy suing Prairie Farms over marketing agreement
Antognoli Attorney David Antognoli has asked for leave to withdraw from representing the owners of a Highland dairy farm in its suit against Prairie Farms Dairy Inc. over a milk marketing agreement.
Battery case against Robyn Hood, others in court Wednesday
A battery suit filed two years ago against defendants including one named Robyn Hood is set for a status update or dismissal Wednesday.
Ruth to hear motion to quash service in deaf woman's suit against Quik Trip June 2
Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth is set to hear a move to quash the service of a legally deaf woman's personal injury suit against Quik Trip.