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Hidden Lake Winery sued for head injury in parking lot
Hidden Lake Winery in Aviston is being sued by a woman who was struck in the parking lot by a shuttle bus while attending a birthday party year.
Illinois Central Railroad named in FELA complaint
Gary Neeble filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act suit against his former employer Illinois Central Railroad in St. Clair County Circuit Court.
Randall Kelley appointed associate judge in 20th Circuit
Circuit judges in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit voted to appoint Randall W. Kelley as an associate judge.
Man claims injury from tripping on ice cubes at race park
Fairmont Park in Collinsville is being sued by a customer who claims he fell on ice cubes in an area he had to walk, causing him to fall and suffer severe injury.
East St. Louis cop, city sued by man claiming he was unlawfully beaten
Carlos Roberson filed a complaint against East St. Louis police officer Keith Randolph and the city of East St. Louis claiming he was beaten and jailed on false charges.
Cahokia school district sued for student's injury playing basketball
Cahokia Unit School District 187 is being sued by a mother whose son cut his arm playing basektball last year at the Wirth Parks Middle School.
Appellate court notes bold face, capital letters in DirecTV's agreement
Fifth Appellate Court justices have reversed St. Clair County Circuit Court Judge Robert LeChien in an eight-year-old DirecTV class action case that has been appealed twice since the late fee dispute was filed in 2000.
Long-time CSX engineer files complaint in St. Clair County
A 39-year veteran locomotive engineer with CSX Transportation has filed suit in St. Clair County Circuit Court claiming his employer failed to provide him a safe place to work.
FELA complaint filed against BNSF
Maintenance of way employee Rickey Stout is seeking in excess of $50,000 from his employer BNSF Railway for injuries sustained to his upper extremities, limbs, neck and back.
Bits of implanted hardware break off, cause injury, woman claims
A woman who underwent spinal surgery at Belleville Memorial Hospital on Oct. 3, 2000, claims that since then, screws on a stabilizing unit broke off causing material to migrate to other parts of her body.
Kay sets up for 'big race' against Hoffman in 112th
Kay Financial disclosure reports filed by candidates in the 112th State House District portray a million-to-one contest, literally --not figuratively.
Coach passenger claims injuries from rear-end collision with another bus
Show-Me Coaches and its bus driver Charles Burrage are being sued by a passenger claiming injuries from a rear-end collision that happened Aug. 4, 2006, on Interstate 80 in Hammond, Ind.
Pit bulls' owner blamed in St. Clair County personal injury suit
An East St. Louis woman who claims she was viciously attacked by pit bulls is suing the dogs' owner in St. Clair County Circuit Court.
Woman unaware she was pregnant while using birth control, suit claims
Jessica Baxley claims her gynecologist failed to adequately inform her that she may get pregnant while using birth control product Depo Provera.
Ketek class action seeks damages over drug's purchase price
A St. Clair County consumer fraud class action lawsuit claims the manufacturer of Ketek, an antibiotic used to treat adults with respiratory infections, fraudulently misrepresented the drug's health and safety risks to the Food and Drug Administration.
Father sues newspaper for daughter's fatality in delivery driver's accident
The father of a 15-year-old girl killed in a car accident in Clinton County Oct. 13, 2007 is suing the McClatchy Co., doing business as the Belleville News-Democrat, in St. Clair County Circuit Court.
Ambulance service sued for allowing back board to fall on transportee
A woman awaiting transport to the hospital for treatment of a fall claims she was struck on the head and shoulders by a back board that belonged to the responding ambulance.
Woman taken off Coumadin suffers stroke, suit says
A Cisne, Ill. woman claims she suffered a stroke after being advised by her doctor to stop taking anti-coagulant medication, according to a suit filed Feb. 25 in St. Clair County Circuit Court.
Blindness could have been avoided if not for urinary tract infection diagnosis, says senior
An active elderly woman who was diagnosed with a urinary traction at the Paris (Ill.) Community Hospital after complaining of double vision, painful eyes and a headache has filed a medical malpractice suit in St. Clair County Circuit Court.
Woman who turns over property on quitclaim sues cousin for sale proceeds
212 Ridgewood in Belleville A St. Clair County woman who turned over a nearly paid-off Belleville home to her cousin so the property could be fixed up and sold claims she's never received proceeds of the sale two years ago.