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Hulme, Dorman file new suit against Madison County and several officials
EDWARDSVILLE – Doug Hulme and Rob Dorman, who worked for Madison County County Board Chairman Kurt Prenzler until the county board fired them in 2020, have filed a new lawsuit against the county and several individuals for damages in Madison County Circuit Court.
Summary judgment granted in pool injury suit against Edwardsville attorney's estate
EDWARDSVILLE – Madison County Associate Judge Ronald Foster granted summary judgment to the estate of late lawyer Randy Gori against an injury claim filed by plaintiff Sara Staack on Aug. 17.
Dugan dismisses shaving cream ingredient suit, cites attorney's 'wrecking ball' reputation
EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge David Dugan dismissed a suit alleging misrepresented "pure" ingredients in shaving cream against Procter & Gamble on Aug. 17, and he issued a warning to lawyer Spencer Sheehan by citing a judge who called Sheehan a "wrecking ball."
Jumper grants hardship motion, releases luxury SUV seized due to driver's suspended license
EDWARDSVILLE – Five days after Alton police seized a luxurious BMW X7 from a driver with two felonies pending, Madison County Associate Judge Ryan Jumper transferred the title to a woman at the same address and released the vehicle to her after she filed a motion alleging hardship.
Raoul requests new judge in Constitutional challenge to firearm liability law
EAST ST. LOUIS – Illinois attorney general Kwame Raoul doesn’t want U. S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn to preside over a constitutional challenge to Gov. Pritzker’s Firearm Industry Responsibility Act.
Class action alleges Face App violates BIPA
EAST ST. LOUIS – Edwardsville lawyer Jeff Cooper of Flint Cooper joined Belleville lawyers James Radcliffe, Christopher Cueto and Lloyd M. Cueto in filing a biometric privacy suit against Face App at U. S. district court on Aug. 8.
Party goers dispute over liability in injury suit against Randy Gori's estate
EDWARDSVILLE – A guest at the Edwardsville home of late asbestos lawyer Randy Gori - whom he never met - had a dispute over his liability for injuries she suffered in his pool, according to testimony of plaintiff Sara Staack and nearest witness Tatiana Del Valle.
Former Fayetteville treasurer alleges retaliation after reporting suspicious purchases by village officials
EAST ST. LOUIS – Former Fayetteville Treasurer Georgia Huelsman claims Village President Brian Funk fired her for reporting corruption that included suspicious purchases of ammunition, riot gear, and shotguns.
Fifth District affirms dismissal of suit seeking to disrupt Hightower's Sunnybrook housing in Alton
MOUNT VERNON – Fifth District appellate judges ruled on Aug. 10 that a suit against Ed Hightower’s plan to build 40 affordable homes in Alton copied a suit the city lost in 2019.
Symphony nursing homes seek settlement of BIPA claims due to 'eroding insurance policy'
EAST ST. LOUIS – Symphony nursing homes in Illinois are going out of business, according to lawyers pursuing claims that Symphony’s fingerprint scanning violated the biometric privacy of employees.
Dugan: Plaintiff should have notified Wal-Mart about defective helium tanks before filing suit
EAST ST. LOUIS – For three and a half years, a letter without a return address or proof of service sustained a potential class action against Wal-Mart over helium tanks until U.S. District Judge David Dugan shut the action down on Aug. 2.
Transcript: House oversight committee asks Devon Archer about Edwardsville attorney, businessman
WASHINGTON D.C. – At Devon Archer’s hearing with the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on July 31, committee counsel James Mandolfo questioned him about Edwardsville attorney and entrepreneur Jeffrey Cooper.
Former U.N. president and manager of Edwardsville company declines to assist in House oversight committee hearing
WASHINGTON D.C. – Serbian consultant Vuk Jeremic, who previously worked as a manager for Edwardsville attorney Jeffrey Cooper, declined to assist with a Congressional investigation of the Biden family.
IL Supreme Court denies BIPA rehearing; Overstreet dissents, calling 'excessive' liability an 'absurd result' of the law
EAST ST. LOUIS – North Carolina software provider Center Edge settled a biometric privacy suit for an amount beyond its insurance coverage in anticipation of a Supreme Court decision that has made the position of biometric defendants even worse, and the Illinois Supreme Court denied a rehearing on the issue.
Former Alton labor union president sentenced after embezzling more than $200,000
BENTON – Byron Clemons Sr., 36, of Alton, who embezzled $202,100 from Local 124 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and lost most of it in casinos, will serve a sentence of 18 months.
Emergency telecommunications workers sue over alleged unpaid overtime wages
EAST ST. LOUIS – St. Clair County’s emergency agency owes telecommunications workers for thousands of hours of overtime, three of them alleged in U. S. district court on July 28.
Fifth District affirms Witcher's conviction in Bethalto triple homicide
MOUNT VERNON – Madison County jurors correctly convicted Brady Witcher of triple murder, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on July 27.
Audit finds $5.24 billion in Illinois unemployment fraud during Covid pandemic
SPRINGFIELD – Identity thieves walked off with $2.8 billion in unemployment insurance and lockdown relief in 18 months, according to state auditor Frank Mautino.
Illinois AG's office pays sanctions nearly a year later
EAST ST. LOUIS – Assistant Attorney General Tara Barnett of Fairview Heights ended the state’s long struggle to pay sanctions to Carbondale lawyer Shari Rhode on July 27.
Rosenstengel urged to dismiss 47 paraquat claims after plaintiffs failed to answer questionnaires
EAST ST. LOUIS – Two clients of Tor Hoerman’s firm in Edwardsville and 45 clients of firms in other states failed to answer questionnaires about exposure to weed killer paraquat, according to U.S. District Court Special Master Randi Ellis.