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Monday, March 18, 2024

Steve Korris News


McGlynn grants $1 million default judgment for British musician Jason Kay in suit alleging trademark violations

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - British musician Jason Kay secured a permanent injunction against counterfeit websites and will collect $1 million if he can find the owners or their assets.

Dugan splits Monsanto suit, sends $3 billion nuisance claim to St. Clair County

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge David Dugan will preside over a claim that Monsanto must pay East St. Louis for pollution remedies, but he remanded a claim in the same suit that Monsanto must pay penalties for violating a nuisance ordinance.

Sky Zone trampoline park operators settle BIPA suit for $1.3 million

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - Operators of Sky Zone trampoline park in Fairview Heights agreed to pay $285,000 to settle claims that they violated the privacy of worker through the use of fingerprint scanners.

Express Scripts, Optum Rx move to dismiss St. Clair County's opioid suit, claim they are 'too far removed from any direct harm'

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - Pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts and Optum Rx claim St. Clair County can’t sue them to recover the county’s spending on opioid addiction because they didn’t make, distribute, or prescribe opioids.

Cahokia Heights residents urge Dugan to order sewage cleanup, sewer repairs

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - Neither Cahokia Heights nor environmental regulators will expand the capacity of the city’s sewers and nothing less will work, according to residents pressing U. S. District Judge David Dugan for action.

Dugan rejects remand in Walmart termination suits and severs claims into separate cases

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - Walmart turned down an offer from former employees to limit damages on their discrimination claims to less than $75,000 each so they could litigate in St. Clair County.

Yandle denies Meta's motion for arbitration in suit alleging unfair competition

By Steve Korris |
BENTON - Owners of 107.1 FM and Advantage News may pursue an unfair competition suit against Facebook provider Meta Platforms, U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle ruled on March 5.

Gilbert denies dismissal in suit alleging St. Clair County 911 dispatchers were not paid for overtime work

By Steve Korris |
BENTON - St. Clair County must defend a claim that it owes overtime pay to 911 dispatchers, Senior U.S. District Judge Phil Gilbert ruled on Feb. 20.

Man files separate suits alleging injury from live wire; Chevron seeks to dismiss over alleged contradictory facts

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - Duewayne Snyder of Lawrence County separately sued two defendants over the same injury claiming they both controlled a site where a live wire injured him.

Dugan denies class certification in Casino Queen pension suit, finding too many differences in claims

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - On Feb. 26, U.S. District Judge David Dugan denied certification of a class action for Casino Queen employees whose pension plan collapsed.

Rosenstengel orders every plaintiff in paraquat MDL to provide proof of exposure

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel, who has been combing through cases alleging weed killer paraquat caused Parkinson's disease for plaintiffs she could trust had legitimate claims, decided not to trust any of them and ordered discovery for everyone.

Slusser: Prenzler collected $82,000 in contributions from county vendors; Prenzler says he didn't know which were vendors

By Steve Korris |
EDWARDSVILLE - Madison County Treasurer and Board Chairman candidate Chris Slusser is drawing attention to contributions made to incumbent Kurt Prenzler’s campaign committee in light of a promise he made in 2016 not to accept money from county vendors.

Former Centralia prison officer allegedly terminated for refusing to wear mask on religious grounds

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - Former Centralia prison officer Garrett Rose of Salem claims corrections department leaders didn’t discipline officers who ignored the mask mandate but terminated him for disobeying on religious grounds.

McGlynn orders parties to answer questions about banned weapons in PICA challenges

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn asked 15 questions about weapons the state banned in the Protecting Illinois Communities Act (PICA) and directed the parties to pick a date for providing answers.

First trial over claims that Enfamil formula caused infant's death is underway in St. Clair County

By Steve Korris |
BELLEVILLE - Pressure will build for weeks at the St. Clair County courthouse in the nation’s first trial on a claim that Mead Johnson’s Enfamil formula caused an infant’s death, but the first day of jury selection brought smiles and connected the community.

Mistrial declared after jury reaches impasse in former SIU-C professor's discrimination suit

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - One juror among eight prevented a verdict at a discrimination trial of former Associate Professor Tawanda Greer-Medley against Southern Illinois University.

Seventh Circuit affirms Dugan in Ancestry.com arbitration dispute

By Steve Korris |
CHICAGO - Users of Ancestry.com agree to arbitrate disputes, but if they test their children then the children don’t lose the right to sue, U.S. Seventh Circuit appellate judges ruled on Feb. 15.

Dupo woman opposes arbitration in wrongful termination dispute

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - Amanda Aucutt of Dupo, who sued former employer Capstone Restaurant Group, claims she never saw or signed an agreement to arbitrate such a dispute.

Suit alleges man was crushed by machinery while performing maintenance

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - Lisa Mattern of Albers seeks damages from the manufacturer of a foundry machine that crushed husband Mark Mattern at Century Brass Works in Swansea in 2022.

Rosenstengel grants default judgment in suit over broadcast of boxing match

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - Khalilah Liddell owes $14,445.15 to Joe Hand Promotions for showing a boxing match at Teddy’s bar in Cahokia Heights without a license, Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel ruled on Feb. 13.