The Illinois Appellate Court will soon decide if former Madison County Circuit Judge Don Weber ignored the law or followed the law in two class action cases he dismissed.
Richard Hunsaker The estate of Larry Dean Hinnen filed a wrongful death suit against Dolores Cantrell, M.D., of Troy Family Health Center in Madison County Circuit Court May 14, alleging Cantrell deviated from the standard of care in treating Hinnen.
Attorneys for Pfizer removed a Madison County Bextra suit to federal court claiming it will inform the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) that the suit is a potential tag-along action to a panel in the Northern District of California (MDL-1699).
Jeff Hebrank Even though Madison County made the American Tort Reform Association's "judicial hellhole" list for the fifth consecutive year, defendants in cases seeking at least $1 million in damages have fared very well here this year.
Richard Hunsaker Lawyers for Dolores Cantrell, M.D. say that a defense verdict reached in a Madison County medical malpractice trial last May should stand.
Circuit Judge Daniel Stack Attorney Morris Chapman is asking Circuit Judge Daniel Stack for a new trial in a medical malpractice case he lost in May claiming his clients were deprived of a fair trial.
Terrance Hopkins The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that former Circuit Judge Phillip Kardis made the right decision when he granted Airborne Express' motion for summary judgment.
Madison County Circuit Judge Don Weber denied Auto Owners Casualty and Surety Company's motion to dismiss a class action case filed by chiropractor Frank Bemis.
Madison County Circuit Judge Don Weber granted Equicredit's motion for summary judgment and dismissed a $30 courier fee class action case brought by the Lakin Law Firm.
Richard Hunsaker After a nine-day medical malpractice trial, a Madison County jury delivered a defense verdict, ruling late Thursday night that Troy Dr. Dolores Cantrell met the standard of care in treating William Hoppe, II.
Riveting testimony captivates the attention of jurors. Juvenile jurors set free a suspect in the death of Humpty Dumpty April 27, after a mock trial in the court of Madison County Circuit Judge Don Weber.
Joe Whyte Last week Madison County Circuit Judge Don Weber and Lakin Law Firm attorney Charles Chapman were seen breaking bread together at a popular Main Street watering hole in Edwardsville.
Lawyers from the Lakin Law Firm subpoenaed a Belleville News-Democrat reporter on short notice Monday to testify at a hearing on the alleged bias of Madison County Circuit Judge Don Weber.
The Lakin Law Firm has filed a petition for substitution of judge in a class action case, Katherine Lee Henderson v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, because the Wood River plaintiff's firm represented a client that sued Circuit Judge Don Weber in 1992.
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A class action complaint alleging Gateway Regional Medical Center in Granite City inflated charges for uninsured patients will be heard on the hospital's motion to dismiss on Jan. 5.