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Recent News About Cassens And Sons

• Cassens and Sons identifies responsible parties in motions to dismiss

  By Steve Korris | Friday, Aug 5, 2011 @ 5:56am

  Bedesky Cassens and Sons, seller of tractor trailer rigs, claims that drivers can't pursue injury suits against it if they identify manufacturers of parts that caused their accidents.

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• Clinton County man sues Chrysler, Cassens in Madison County claiming brain damage; says grab bar was 'defective'

  By Kelly Holleran | Friday, Sep 17, 2010 @ 3:50am

  A Clinton County man says he sustained severe brain damage after a handle he used to assist him into a truck broke off, causing him to fall and hit his head on the ground.

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• Defense: Transfer Tennessee injury to Tennessee court

  By Steve Korris | Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 @ 5:53am

  Herndon EAST ST. LOUIS – Georgia trailer maker Cottrell Inc. wants to transfer a Tennessee mechanic's lawsuit over a Tennessee injury from Illinois to Tennessee.

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• Maag wants to depose Shashek over affidavit

  By Steve Korris | Thursday, Jan 22, 2009 @ 10:23am

  EAST ST. LOUIS – Thomas Maag of Edwardsville, pressing U.S. District Judge David Herndon to remand a personal injury suit to Madison County, accuses the defense of crafting a crooked affidavit.

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• Maag accuses Cottrell of dirty tricks in removing suit to federal court

  By Steve Korris | Thursday, Dec 11, 2008 @ 2:18am

  Maag EAST ST. LOUIS – Georgia trailer maker Cottrell improperly removed a Tennessee man's injury suit from Madison County to federal court, according to attorney Thomas Maag of Wendler Law in Edwardsville.

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• Cottrell claims plaintiff fraudulently joined Cassens' businesses in suit

  By Steve Korris | Friday, Dec 5, 2008 @ 12:22am

  Lorenz-Moser EAST ST. LOUIS – Owners of Georgia trailer maker Cottrell Inc. claim a Tennessee client of Edwardsville attorney Brian Wendler pulled a fraud when he sued Cottrell in Madison County, and they ask U.S. District Judge William Stiehl to take the case.

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• Hylla takes note of bad info by scratching part of Cottrell order

  By Steve Korris | Thursday, Aug 7, 2008 @ 12:52pm

  Hylla Madison County Circuit Court Judge David Hylla erased part of an order in a trucker's personal injury suit after confirming that he based it on bad information.

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• Maag offers no explanation in single appeal of eight Stack orders

  By Steve Korris | Wednesday, Nov 7, 2007 @ 6:49am

  MOUNT VERNON – Thomas Maag, unhappy with Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack for sending a Tennessee trucker with a Tennessee claim to a Tennessee court, seeks in a single appeal to overturn that decision and seven other orders Stack signed in the case.

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• Cottrell cleared in federal court trial

  By Steve Korris | Thursday, Sep 20, 2007 @ 1:24pm

  Jurors in U.S. District Court cleared Georgia trailer maker Cottrell Inc. of any fault in a truck driver's injuries.

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• Stack to Wendler: Take it and leave it in Tennessee

  By Steve Korris | Wednesday, Jul 25, 2007 @ 11:36am

  Judge Stack Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack stands by his decision to send a Tennessee plaintiff with a Tennessee injury to a Tennessee court.

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• Land of Lawsuits ads feature local business owners

  By Ann Knef | Monday, Oct 9, 2006 @ 9:46am

  The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform --in cooperation with the Illinois Chamber and Illinois Civil Justice League -- recently launched its "Faces of Lawsuit Abuse" advertising campaign.

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• Prolific complaint against Cassens sprouts new life

  By Steve Korris | Sunday, Jul 2, 2006 @ 10:29am

  Like an ugly weed no one can pull, Thomas Maag's lawsuit against the Cassens family and its businesses just keeps growing.

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• Update: In court last week Dec. 17-23

  By Steve Gonzalez | Saturday, Dec 25, 2004 @ 5:13pm

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