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Dugan allows Cahokia Heights' residents to join EPA sewer suit

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - Citizens of Cahokia Heights who sued for decent sewers can intervene in a suit that state and national environmental agencies brought for the same purpose, U.S. District Judge David Dugan ruled on April 28.

Raichle responds to asbestos bankruptcy abuse allegations; Accuser claims plaintiff lawyers misappropriated $5-10 billion

By Steve Korris |
CHARLOTTE - Asbestos lawyer Marcus Raichle Jr. of St. Louis objected to an allegation that he and others have abused bankruptcy trusts so badly that future claimants will collect a fifth of what past claimants received.

Yandle takes jurisdiction in downtown Highland development dispute

By Steve Korris |
BENTON - U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle decided to exercise jurisdiction over a claim that developers of a project in downtown Highland failed to honor a construction contract.

Paraquat plaintiffs and defense ask for stay at Seventh Circuit while discussing settlement

By Steve Korris |
CHICAGO - About 5,600 plaintiffs who claim weed killer paraquat caused Parkinson’s disease joined with defendants Syngenta and Chevron in a motion to stay proceedings at U.S. Seventh Circuit for 60 days to settle almost all claims.

St. Clair Co. judge reversed over improper jury trial and leaving out necessary party

By Steve Korris |
MOUNT VERNON - Retired St. Clair County Judge Julie Katz held a jury trial she had no business holding and left a necessary party out of it, according to an April 15 decision of Fifth District appellate judges.

Sierra Club gives up on suit alleging Prairie State Generating operates Marissa plant without permit

By Steve Korris |
BENTON - Sierra Club has ended its effort to shut down the Prairie State Generating power plant near Marissa.

Asbestos lawyers destroyed documents to evade bankruptcy judge's ruling, lawyer claims; Simmons allegedly among them

By Steve Korris |
CHARLOTTE - Asbestos lawyers coordinated destruction of documents in bankruptcy trusts to evade rulings of bankruptcy judge Laura Beyer, according to a letter Beyer posted on the docket of Georgia Pacific entity Bestwall.

Testimony in $11 million legal malpractice trial shows defense ‘on their heels’ by Keefe team

By Steve Korris |
BENTON - Jurors at U.S. district court didn’t decide whether attorney James Borland of Springfield committed legal malpractice in St. Clair County but they heard fascinating testimony from him and from the lawyer who defeated him, Thomas Keefe III of Swansea.

Plaintiffs in Caseyville flood suit: 'We're going after CSX as landowner who just happens to be railroad company'

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - Flood damage claims that Caseyville and Keller Farms brought against CSX don’t involve the railroad’s bridge over a creek, village attorney Doug Stewart and Keller Farms counsel Jason Johnson argued on March 5.

Judge denies move to dismiss Cheddar Bay Biscuit case; Plaintiff claims 3.1 biscuit shortage per box

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - Accuracy of information on a box of Red Lobster cheddar bay biscuit mix doesn’t excuse baker Continental Mills from liability for inaccurate information on the box, Chief U.S. Judge Nancy Rostengel ruled on March 20.

More plaintiffs should be dropped from Paraquat MDL over failure to answer questions, special master says

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - Special master Randi Ellis recommended dismissal of 117 paraquat exposure suits on March 20 for failure to return necessary questionnaires.

Legal malpractice case settles as jurors begin deliberations

By Steve Korris |
BENTON - Ansur America Insurance and lawyer James Borland of Peoria settled a legal malpractice claim after seven days of trial with jurors just beginning to deliberate.

Judge dismisses racketeering suit against Simmons firm and lawyers

By Steve Korris |
CHICAGO - U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman dismissed a racketeering suit against John Simmons’s asbestos firm of Alton and seven of the firm’s lawyers on March 18.

Jersey County treasurer resigns amid divorce, foreclosure and shortage investigation

By Steve Korris |
JERSEYVILLE - Jersey County treasurer Katie Abbey resigned on March 6 in the midst of divorce, foreclosure and an investigation of a shortage in the county’s books.

Seventh Circuit upholds Gilbert in short barrel tax and registration case

By Steve Korris |
CHICAGO - Senior U.S. District Judge Phil Gilbert of Benton correctly upheld taxation and registration of rifles with short barrels, Seventh Circuit appellate judges ruled on March 10.

Judge orders arbitration in Auffenberg class action alleging commissions not fully paid

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn ordered arbitration of a class action claim that auto dealer Christopher Auffenberg didn’t fully pay commissions on used car sales.

OTHS failed to accommodate student's disabilities, lawsuit says

By Steve Korris |
BENTON - O’Fallon Township High parents Robyn Pfershy and Matthew Pfershy seek an order compelling the school to answer information requests for their suit alleging discrimination against their daughter.

Fifth District affirms decision denying Brighton man's forfeiture claim

By Steve Korris |
MOUNT VERNON - William Laird of Brighton tried to secure a court order protecting himself from tax delinquency and forfeiture of property but Fifth District appellate justices found he failed to show an actual controversy.

Caseyville man met by three cops days after speaking out at village board meeting

By Steve Korris |
CASEYVILLE - Resident Billy Hayes criticized mayor G.W. Scott Sr. at a meeting of trustees on Feb. 19 and five days later three police cars rolled up to his home on South 7th Street.

Celebrities claim strip clubs misappropriated their images in suits against Oz and Pony

By Steve Korris |
BENTON - Ten celebrities claimed Oz nightclub in Sauget misappropriated their images and Carmen Electra claims the Pony club across from Cape Girardeau misappropriated hers.