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Boo! We’re sorry if we scared you
Would you sue a restaurant because a meal exceeded your expectations? “This redfish bouillabaisse is superb! I’m appalled.” -
That's Alright Mama
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Plaintiff says hazards in haunted house were not obvious
EdmondsA pre-trial hearing is scheduled 9 a.m. June 28 before Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge in a girl’s lawsuit over injuries she allegedly sustained from a tour at an Alton haunted house.Madison County Chief Judge David Hylla on May 9 re-assigned the case to Mudge following the retirement of Judge Ann Callis who left the bench in May to run for Congress.In the lawsuit, the injured girl's -
Trial date set in case over injuries at haunted house
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Madison County is more like an environmental 'hellhole'
The most recent edition of the Madison - St. Clair Record included an editorial submitted by Travis Akin that was entitled “It’s Official: Madison County Ranked one of the nation’s worst ‘Judicial Hellholes.’” Not only was the submission an all too predictable regurgitation of standard fare for the Record, it was also an exercise in the disingenuous. -
It’s turkey (fryer) season for Brad Lakin
Last year, just before Thanksgiving, some officious busybody from the Department of Homeland Security tweeted a warning about the apocalyptic dangers of turkey fryers. Use them outside, the martinet admonished, at a safe distance from buildings, not in your garage or on your wooden deck -- yada, yada, yada.