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Hylla set to hear motion aimed at reinstating negligence suit against Agency for Community Transit
Hylla Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla is set to hear motions including a move asking for reinstatement Wednesday in a suit brought against the Agency for Community Transit (ACT.)
Mudge to hear status of settlement in breach of contract suit brought against anesthesiologist practice
Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge is set to hear the status of a settlement in a dispute between a doctor and his former anesthesiology practice on Wednesday.
Case over flooded Collinsville home set for case management conference Wednesday
Mudge A couple's suit over a property they found to be prone to flooding after they purchased it is set for case management Wednesday.
Jury awards $10,000 in personal injury suit against Rosewood Care Center
Unsell A St. Clair County jury has awarded the heirs of a woman who claims to have broken her left femur after falling at a Swansea nursing home $10,000 after a contentious trial.
Saline Township moves to continue July hearing
Saline Township is asking Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth to move a July 15 hearing on a move that, if granted, would effectively end its role in a series of sexual harassment suits.
Defense opens in woman's suit against Rosewood Care Center
Unsell The defense got under way Thursday in a woman's personal injury suit filed against Rosewood Care Center.
Closed court document review in Syngenta atrazine case takes hours
Tillery After accusations of fraud and barbs over a highly contentious discovery process, the parties in one of a series of class actions brought against the makers of the weed killer atrazine spent most of the day in a closed courtroom with Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge reviewing disputed documents.
No action since December '10 in Schottel's suit against Judge Young, local attorney
There has been no action since December 2010 in a federal suit brought against former St. Clair County Circuit Judge Patrick Young and Belleville attorney William Berry by St. Louis attorney James Schottel Jr.
Trial opens with nurse's testimony in personal injury suit against Rosewood Care Center
Unsell The trial testimony of a nurse began the plaintiff's case in a personal injury suit filed against Rosewood Care Center Inc. by a former resident who claims to have fractured her leg after a fall.
Law firm files motion asking plaintiff to admit facts related to Buske pre-nuptial agreement
The Springfield law firm Feldman, Wasser, Draper & Cox has filed a move asking its former client Sara Buske to admit to facts related to a prenuptial agreement and the settlement of her 2008 divorce in a legal malpractice suit she filed against the firm last year.
Case management conference set in Alton's suit against boat owners over marina fire
A case management conference is set June 29 in a suit brought by the City of Alton against two boat owners over a 2009 fire that damaged the Alton Marina.
Mudge to hear motions Friday in Visa class action
Goldenberg Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge is set to hear motions Friday in a 2010 class action originally filed against Visa, Inc. and a Bethalto credit union.
Mudge will hear the motions in the case filed by proposed lead plaintiffs Gene and Karen Rhodes at 9 a.m.
Callis approves settlement of man's suit over trailer park beating
Callis Madison County Chief Judge Ann Callis has approved the settlement of a man's suit against the owners of a Granite City trailer park where he claims he was attacked and beaten by the park's residents.
Hylla denies motion in limine, allows trial in case against Gateway Medical Center, nurse
Hylla Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla has denied a move to exclude parts of a woman's medical bill while letting the plaintiffs in the suit against Gateway Regional Medical Center and one of its nurses go to trial today over defense objections.
Couple suing Boy Scouts over fallen tree file motion to compel
Craney A couple suing the Lewis & Clark Council of the Boy Scouts of America over injuries caused by a falling tree have filed a motion to compel in their suit.
Legal malpractice case over botched worker's injury suit headed to motion hearing
Matoesian A partially stayed legal malpractice case filed against attorney Gregory Tobin and his law firm, Pratt & Tobin P.C., is under way again and set for July motions following a letter from the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Illinois State Supreme Court (ARDC).
Man's suit over scaffolding collapse at Sugar Fork Creek is over
A man's suit brought over injuries he suffered in the collapse of scaffolding on the Sugar Fork Creek Bridge is over.
Hylla to oversee trial in couple's suit over wife's fall at Gateway Regional
Hylla Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla is set to open a personal injury trial in a case brought against Gateway Regional Medical Center and a nurse.
Syngenta calls sanctions move a 'meritless crusade' in atrazine class action
Reeg Syngenta Crop Protection LLC is calling a sanctions move filed by the lead plaintiffs in a proposed class action centered on the weed killer atrazine "flatly wrong," and is part of a "meritless crusade for sanctions."
Circuit clerks look forward to working with Supreme Court's e-business committee
Dixon E-filing and other electronic business are matters of day-to-day routine in the Third and Twentieth Judicial Circuits.