If you think it’s exaggeration to call the situation at the Mexican border an invasion, read on. If you think it’s exaggeration to say that it’s a major and growing obstacle to containing COVID, keep. going. But if you expect to read something about our political establishment taking it seriously, forget it.
BENTON – Dialysis patient Tommy Harris, awaiting judgment on a $2,080,585.95 suit against Liberty Mutual in U.S. district court, sued the insurer for that much and for the same reason in St. Louis city civil court.
EDWARDSVILLE — A spa and salon studio alleges one of its lessees breached their contract by soliciting other lessees, which interfered with their business relationships.
CHICAGO – Belleville chiropractor Robert Meinders must arbitrate a claim he filed as a class action, U.S. Seventh Circuit appellate judges ruled on July 30.
BENTON – Opponents in St. Clair County circuit court who turned into teammates to stick insurers with a $2 million judgment altered documents in a bid to preserve the judgment at U.S. district court, according to the insurers.
In new filings in a Springfield court, Gov. JB Pritzker argued the constitution is no impediment to his public health emergency powers. Foxfire restaurant argues the governor can't just trample their rights and wave away their claims, 16 months into a "temporary" public health emergency.
Netflix has removed a class action filed by the Village of Shiloh to federal court, which alleges several streaming services failed to register with the Illinois Commerce Commission in order to avoid paying a five percent fee for using public rights of way.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Edward Unsell of East Alton added an insurance agent to a suit for the sole purpose of defeating federal jurisdiction, U.S. Magistrate Judge Gilbert Sison ruled on July 23.
The Cross-River Crime Task Force deployed its first detail on July 16, resulting in officers identifying a vehicle that had been stolen and one connected to a theft in Godfrey, among others.
BENTON – U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle dismissed a challenge to a North Carolina order requiring asbestos plaintiffs to answer questions about their exposure history.
Madison County Board members voted 18-10 to approve a non-binding resolution encouraging local school districts to allow parents to choose whether their children should wear masks in school for the 21-22 school year.
U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel agreed to extend discovery and trial deadlines after both parties requested additional time in a suit alleging Apple Inc. collects and stores biometric identifiers through facial recognition technology through the Photos App.
Suppose you own your own company and you decide to take a walk around the premises to see what’s going on. You get reports from all of the department heads on a regular basis and you feel like you’re on top of things, but there’s nothing like seeing for yourself, and it’s good to let the employees know that you care and are paying attention.
EAST ST. LOUIS – C.J. Baricevic, who blamed medication and the coronavirus for failures that resulted in sanctions for client Leslie Raymond, no longer handles the case alone.
WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack must not spend money from a debt forgiveness program that excludes white farmers and ranchers, federal judges in Florida and Texas ruled.
Federal judge Phil Gilbert denied a motion to dismiss a group of Chinese tourists’ lawsuit involving a fatal Utah bus crash, concluding that the plaintiffs sufficiently argued that the Southern District of Illinois has jurisdiction in their amended complaint.
