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Patron sues auction house over chair collapse
A man filed suit against a retail auctioneer for alleged negligence in 2014. Michael Orasco brought a lawsuit on May 22 in Madison County Circuit Court against Michael Dixon d/b/a Dixon’s Tradin’ Post of Granite City, claiming negligence in a May 2014 incident. According to the filing, the plaintiff was on the defendant’s premises, located at 7135 Grand Avenue in Granite City, on or about May 2, 2014; Orasco allegedly sustained injuries when he sat in the defendant’s folding chair and it colla