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Employees accuse Bria Health Services of misusing biometric data
BELLEVILLE -- Bria Health Services and Belleville Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center are under fire by former and current employees for its alleged misuse of biometric clock-in information.
Woman alleges Ice Mountain bottled water was contaminated
BELLEVILLE - A woman claims she was injured after she found unspecified pieces of a foreign substance in her Ice Mountain bottled water.
Customer alleges Mallard Lake's poor maintenance of porch led to mobile park injuries
EDWARDSVILLE -- A former tenant is suing Mallard Lake Mobile Home Park, alleging injuries on a front porch could have been avoided if proper maintenance had been done.
Patient alleges St. Anthony’s Physicians Group's negligence led to amputation
EDWARDSVILLE -- After being diagnosed with a disease of the lower extremities, a patient alleges underwent an amputation due to a lack of treatment by her physician and St. Anthony’s Physician Group owned by OSF HealthCare System.
Man alleges former living partner owes him more than $50,000
EDWARDSVILLE -- An Edwardsville man is suing his former living partner, Susan Eaker, alleging a variety of financial complaints that total more than $50,000.
Truck driver alleges tractor-trailer overturned due to improper loading
EDWARDSVILLE - Interco Trading Company is being sued by a Federal International Recycling employee after a tractor-trailer loaded by Interco employees allegedly tipped over on an interstate ramp.
Tensions run high in OK opioid trial Thursday; State focuses on risk data J&J relied on
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) - Tensions ran high in court Thursday as the Oklahoma opioid trial continued, with defense attorney Larry Ottoway objecting throughout the day to opposing counsel's line of questioning directed at defense witness, business director for Janssen Pharmaceuticals Kimberly Deem-Eshleman.
Smaller crowd on hand second day of Oklahoma opioid trial; Father of OD victim testifies
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) - Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman overruled several objections made by Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Pharmaceuticals (J&J) as the second day of trial unfolded in the state's pursuit of abatement in what it calls a man-made opioid crisis.
Hunter: Case is about abating 'worst' man-made crisis; J&J: Case is about damages - not abatement
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) - Admitting there is a high potential for abuse in opioid medications, Johnson & Johnson attorney Larry Ottaway said during opening arguments on Tuesday that physicians prescribing its medications Nucynta and Duragesic know this risk and have to know it to be licensed.