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Recent News About Brown & James, P.c.
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BROWN & JAMES PC: Brown & James listed in Chambers; Watters, Ward Named Top Lawyers
Brown & James was again selected by Chambers & Partners as a top Missouri Insurance firm, and Principal Russell Watters and Managing Principal T. Michael Ward were listed as ranked lawyers in the USA Guide for 2021. -
St. Clair County jurors reach defense verdict in medical malpractice suit
St. Clair County jurors returned a verdict in favor of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and a neurosurgeon who argued that a patient missed the “critical” time period for maximum recovery by waiting roughly three months to see them for his back injury. -
Closing arguments heard in St. Clair County medical malpractice trial
St. Clair County jurors heard closing arguments Thursday in a medical malpractice suit alleging a patient’s back injury was misdiagnosed. -
Suit alleging misrepresented condition of used vehicle dismissed
A customer’s lawsuit alleging automobile dealers misrepresented the condition of a used vehicle has been dismissed. -
Enterprise denies liability in wrongful death suit
Enterprise argues that a customer’s death was caused by his own negligence by choosing to walk on the interstate to aid a disabled vehicle while waiting on the side of the highway after his rental car ran out of gas. -
Kolker denies dismissal in suit alleging fatal collision involving secondary disabled vehicle after rental car ran out of gas
St. Clair County associate judge Chris Kolker denied dismissal in a suit alleging a man died in a fatal collision when he went to the aid of another disabled vehicle while waiting on the side of the highway after his rental car ran out of gas. -
Lakin, State Farm settle dispute over duty to defend sex assault case
State Farm and former Madison County lawyer Tom Lakin settled a dispute over whether the insurer owed a duty to defend the lawyer and his son Kristopher Lakin in a sexual abuse case involving minors. -
Enterprise seeks to dismiss suit alleging fatal collision after rental car ran out of gas
Enterprise and one of its employees seeks to dismiss a suit alleging a man died in a fatal collision after a rental car ran out of gas, arguing that the fatal collision involving another disabled vehicle on the highway was unforeseeable. -
St. Clair County jury reaches defense verdict in insurance fraud case
A St. Clair County jury ruled in favor of defendant California Casualty Insurance and Exchange on Thursday afternoon in a Waterloo family’s lawsuit alleging their claim was denied after a fire destroyed their basement in 2009. -
Fire fraud claim at trial: California Casualty questions displaced family's tanning salon, Rams tickets expenditures
California Casualty Insurance and Exchange argues that a Waterloo family filed fraudulent reimbursement requests after the family’s basement was destroyed by a fire in 2009. -
Contractors seek to dismiss lawsuit alleging Caseyville couple’s house caught fire due to faulty insulation
Several contractors seek to dismiss a lawsuit alleging faulty insulation installation in a Caseyville couple’s fireplace caused their home to catch fire. -
Washington Park bar claims employee acted in self-defense in assault suit
A Washington Park bar claims one of its employees was acting in self-defense after a patron attempted to attack him with a knife. Patron Tom Hornbeak filed a lawsuit on Aug. 10 against STMP Entertainment, doing business as Blondies, and employee Danny McNatt. Hornbeak claims he was at Blondies on June 23, 2014, when McNatt allegedly punched him in the fact, causing him to suffer facial fractures. -
St. Clair County attorney countersues woman in suit involving her late husband’s estate
A St. Clair County attorney is countersuing a woman who claims legal malpractice involving her late husband’s estate. -
Med mal case at trial this week in Madison County
Glen Carbon pain management specialist and anesthesiologist Gregory Randle, M.D. and the Edwardsville Ambulatory Surgery Center will be defending claims of negligence at trial this week in Madison County Circuit Court.