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U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® ranked Brown & James in the 2023 “Best Law Firms” list nationally in appellate practice area and regionally in 13 practice areas.
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Five Brown & James attorneys named 2023 Benchmark Litigation Stars.
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HILLSBORO – Montgomery County jurors returned a verdict for farmer James Reynolds in December, finding he didn’t cause a collision between his grain truck and a Toyota Prius.
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The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled defendants in personal injury lawsuits can't use a settlement by another party to shift some of the remaining liability onto still another party. Dissenting justices called the ruling unfair.
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A Wood River tenant reached a settlement with her landlord in a suit alleging she was injured when part of the ceiling of her rental property fell on her head.
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A St. Clair County jury awarded a motorist $3,000 after the plaintiff had requested $6 million in a trial involving a Fairview Heights collision.
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A St. Clair County jury returned a defense verdict in a woman’s lawsuit alleging she fell in a parking lot.
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Madison County Circuit Judge David Dugan denied a second request for a new trial in a medical malpractice suit alleging a woman died from a blood clot caused by a sprained ankle.
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A McKendree University student was awarded $5,000 by a St. Clair County jury in a suit alleging she was forced to withdraw from classes following a collision.
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A Madison County jury reached a defense verdict for the second time in a medical malpractice suit alleging a woman died from a blood clot caused by a sprained ankle.
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A medical malpractice suit alleging a woman died from a blood clot caused by a sprained ankle is at trial again after the plaintiffs accused Circuit Judge Andreas Matoesian of bias in favor of the defense and the appellate court ruled that a retrial was necessary.
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A physician denies that negligence caused a patient to be deprived of oxygen to her brain while undergoing a routine colonoscopy.
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St. Clair County Circuit Judge Heinz Rudolf granted a physician’s motion to dismiss a medical malpractice suit alleging a patient died following a routine colonoscopy.
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St. Clair County Circuit Judge Stephen McGlynn granted a woman’s motion to vacate a judgment he awarded to First National Bank of Waterloo for taxable court costs in a suit alleging the bank dispensed copper sulfate into lake waters.
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A St. Clair County jury awarded a patient $600,000 in a suit alleging she suffered permanent injuries following a bilateral breast reduction surgery.
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St. Clair County Circuit Judge Stephen McGlynn granted First National Bank of Waterloo’s motion to recover taxable court costs against a woman alleging the defendant dispensed copper sulfate into lake waters.
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A contracting company and electrical company argue that a Fairview Heights homecoming attendee caused his own injuries by failing to keep a careful lookout to avoid an open and obvious condition when he tripped on a raised electrical box.
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Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder granted Wood River Township’s petition to intervene in an employee’s lawsuit against a homeowner alleging he injured his shoulder when attempting to pick up a bag full of rocks.
