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Recent News About American Airlines

• Local attorney authors 'Anatomy of Class Action Killer' in Bar Journal

  By Christina Stueve | Thursday, May 31, 2012 @ 8:52am

  Bruegger John A. Bruegger of Edwardsville, a lawyer in the St. Louis office of Hawkins, Parnell, Thackston & Young, LLP, is the author of "Anatomy of a Class Action Killer: Picking Off Named Plaintiffs after Barber," an article in the April 2012 issue of the Illinois Bar Journal, the monthly magazine of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA).

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• Andrea Barber would rather sue than be satisfied

  By The Madison County Record | Sunday, Apr 3, 2011 @ 3:12am

  Rolling Stone Mick Jagger can't get no satisfaction and Andrea Barber won't accept it when it's offered to her.

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• Illinois Supreme Court says no to $40 baggage fee suit against AA

  By Jessica Karmasek | Thursday, Mar 31, 2011 @ 4:41am

  Freeman SPRINGFIELD (Legal Newsline) - The Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week that a Northbrook woman cannot continue with her lawsuit against American Airlines over a $40 baggage fee.

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• Nine new asbestos cases filed in Madison County July 12-16

  By Kelly Holleran | Monday, Jul 26, 2010 @ 3:46am

  A total of nine new asbestos lawsuits were filed in Madison County Circuit Court during the week of July 12 through July 16.

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• Illinois Supreme Court rules in Kubota case: Promissory estoppel is cause of action

  By Kelly Holleran | Thursday, Apr 2, 2009 @ 7:35am

  Garman The Illinois Supreme Court has reversed the appellate court's and Fayette County Circuit Court's judgments that say a dealership is not allowed to sue a tractor company on the basis of promissory estoppel.

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• 60 defendants named in Madison County benzene suit

  By Steve Gonzalez | Wednesday, Aug 31, 2005 @ 4:59am

  The widow of a man who died of non-Hodgkins lymphoma in February filed a benzene suit against 60 defendants in Madison County Circuit Court Aug. 25, seeking damages in excess of $200,000.

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