Stories by Kayla Elder on Madison - St. Clair Record

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.

BELLEVILLE - A woman claims she was injured after she found unspecified pieces of a foreign substance in her Ice Mountain bottled water.

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.

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.

EDWARDSVILLE -- An Edwardsville man is suing his former living partner, Susan Eaker, alleging a variety of financial complaints that total more than $50,000.

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.

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.

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.

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.