Hunsaker The Fifth District Appellate Court has affirmed a judge's decision not to grant a new trial to a family that lost a medical malpractice trial two years ago in Madison County.
Shultz Robert H. "Barney" Shultz, Jr., the managing partner of the Edwardsville office of Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in America.
Gianaris An educated public that knows to call a lawyer after an asbestos-related diagnosis is partly why lawsuits are increasing not only in Madison County, but nationwide, according to a local plaintiff's attorney.
The Fifth District Appellate Court has reversed a decision by Madison County Circuit Judge Andy Matoesian that granted summary judgment to counter defendant ESL Delivery Services.
The Catholic Diocese of Peoria and Bishop Daniel Jenky filed a Section 2-619.1 motion to dismiss from a civil suit filed by an Edwardsville woman who claims her priest impregnated her and then coerced her into an abortion.
Christopher Kolker St. Clair County Associate Judge Andrew Gleeson gave preliminary approval to a national class action settlement against DirecTV on March 25.
Stack A panel of three appellate judges will hear arguments at 10 a.m. on March 31, in a Madison County medical malpractice trial in which a Troy family doctor was cleared of negligence.
A Maryville obstetrician-gynecologist wants a medical malpractice claim filed against him dismissed because the pro se plaintiffs failed to file a written report from a health care professional detailing the cause for filing suit.
Steven and Joan Pritchett allege their son suffered a severe brain injury while attending a Mascoutah day care center, according to a suit filed Jan. 30 in St. Clair County Circuit Court.
Circuit Judge Dan Stack Madison County may no longer be a "judicial hellhole" for civil litigation defendants. But ask a trial lawyer to gauge the climate and you may get a different answer.
Judge Stack Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack reminded a group of asbestos lawyers that he's not opposed to dismissing cases with little or no tie to the county.
A woman who filed suit over a dog bite had been warned of the dog's behavior before she decided to pet the dog, claims the defendant in a Madison County personal injury case.
Circuit Judge Dave Hylla Madison County Circuit Judge Dave Hylla dismissed with prejudice a wrongful death lawsuit because the plaintiff's attorney failed to produce an affidavit of merit on time.
Asbestos chief Judge Stack After a three year decline in the number of asbestos lawsuits filed in Madison County, new complaints are on the rise in 2007.
When Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack took over the court's massive asbestos docket in September 2004 he declared that the "astronomical burden" of looming trials demanded he dismiss cases that were not connected directly to Madison County.
Attorneys for State Farm Fire and Casualty filed a motion with the Illinois Supreme Court asking that a Madison County class action suit be consolidated with a similar suit pending in Cook County.