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Hearing set again on attorneys' move to bow out of Cahokia water suit
A new hearing date has been set on a withdrawal move filed by the attorneys for several former employees of the Commonfields of Cahokia Public Water District who are suing the district and its trustees over their firings.
Syngenta seeks to cite additional authority as atrazine hearing nears
Defendant Syngenta AG is asking to cite additional authority in the form of a recent United States Supreme Court opinion as a hearing date on its motion to dismiss a federal case brought by water providers over alleged contamination caused by the company's weed killer atrazine.
Hearing Friday for Alton Telegraph defamation suit
A Friday hearing is set on a move to dismiss a defamation of character suit seeking over $1 million in damages from the owner of the Alton Telegraph and one of its reporters.
Millennium Rail retaliatory discharge pre-trial set for July 14
Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge is set to hold a pre-trial conference in a retaliatory discharge suit filed by a former Millennium Rail, Inc. employee who claims his former employer attempted to coerce him to give up his right to continued employment after an injury.
Schedule set in case over Granite City Kraft Foods wages
The course is laid out for a proposed class action brought over allegedly unpaid wages at a Granite City Kraft Foods Global Inc. plant.
Hylla to hear motions disbursing minor's settlement in OxyContin case
Hepler Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla will hear motions July 6 in a move to end a 2008 suit brought over a woman's death involving the drug OxyContin.
Matoesian dismisses DCFS head, parents of man who killed toddler in wrongful death case
Matoesian Madison County Circuit Judge Andreas Matoesian has dismissed the head of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and the parents of a man convicted of beating a toddler to death from a wrongful death suit.
Ruth to hold pre-trial conference in wrongful death case against doctor July 10
Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth is set to hold a pre-trial July 11 in a wrongful death suit filed against an Alton doctor and hospital.
July hearing set on move to take St. Stanislaus suit against Greensfelder law firm to Missouri
A hearing is set on a move that, if granted, would send a legal malpractice suit filed by a break-away Roman Catholic Church against its former lawyers to Missouri.
Target immune supplement class action set for status conference in October
Burke St. Clair County Associate Judge Andrew Gleeson has set an October status conference in a proposed class action over the generic form of Airborne sold by Target stores.
Hearing set on Syngenta AG motion to dismiss federal atrazine suit
Tillery More than a year after Syngenta AG filed a motion to dismiss a proposed federal class action brought by the City of Greenville over alleged water contamination, a hearing date has been set.
Mudge set for final pre-trial in conveyor belt injury suit in July
Mudge Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge will hold the final pre-trial in a conveyor belt injury case has been set for trial several times in the coming weeks.
O'Fallon attorney involved in FELA case at U.S. Supreme Court pleased with 5-4 outcome
Marcus O'Fallon attorney Bob Marcus respectfully disagrees with a dissent written by United States Supreme Court Justice John Roberts that implies "the sky's the limit" for plaintiffs in Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) cases.
Karmeier joins Madison County judges, attorneys in announcing mentoring program
Karmeier In announcing a new mentoring prorgram for young lawyers, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier on Wednesday remembered his early professional life and the lessons he learned from more experienced attorneys.
Defendant gets until mid-July to file post-trial motion in $2.56 million CSX FELA verdict
Callis CSX Transportation has been given additional time to file a post-trial motion in a suit brought by a former railroad conductor who won $2.56 million in a 2007 FELA case tried earlier this year.
Matoesian to hear motions in case involving beating death of Carlyle boy
Matoesian Madison County Circuit Judge Andreas Matoesian is set to hear all pending motions in a battery and wrongful death suit filed last year over the beating death of a three year-old Carlyle boy.
Case management conference in Sara Buske legal malpractice suit canceled
Pranaitis A case management conference in a legal malpractice suit filed by Sara Buske against her former divorce attorneys is off.
IML's suit against Berco Construction over Bethalto sewer line collapse in court
Madison County Circuit Judge Andreas Matoesian is set to hear a motion to compel filed by a construction that is being sued by the Illinois Municipal League Risk Management Association (IMLRMA) at 9 a.m. on Friday.
Harrison moves hearing in Saline Township sexual harassment suits
A July 15 hearing has been pushed back in a series of sexual harassment and battery suits brought against Saline Township and its former township supervisor, Alvin Steiner.
Hylla pushes back deadline for decision on guardian ad litem fees in Ikerman wrongful death settlement
Hylla Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla has pushed back the date for his decision regarding guardian ad litem fees in a wrongful death suit brought over the deaths of a man and his infant son.