EDWARDSVILLE – A former employee of Feed Products and Service filed a wrongful termination lawsuit, claiming he was fired for seeking worker's compensation benefits.
How sadly ironic that White Castle became the latest victim of the Illinois General Assembly’s malfeasance. Its stores are modeled after the Chicago Water Tower, which survived the Chicago Fire and stands as a monument to the spirit of tenacity and resilience that once prevailed to rebuild the city.
BELLEVILLE – A motorist claims she was injured when an unattended vehicle was stolen from an East St. Louis store, and the driver caused a crash by running a stop sign.
BELLEVILLE – The sudden shutdown of Hofbrauhaus Brewpub in Belleville could end litigation alleging the local restaurant tarnishes the reputation of the famous Hofbrauhause brewery in Germany.
It’s back. Namely, that specious argument that Chicago’s murder problem is nothing much to worry about because there’ve been other years when the total was considerably higher. The “So what? It used to be worse” argument is utter nonsense and callous, dehumanizing, and dangerous.
EDWARDSVILLE – A former Allied Waste Transportation employee claims he was wrongfully terminated for seeking worker's compensation benefits after he was injured on the job.
EDWARDSVILLE – A homeowner filed a breach of contract lawsuit against R & R First Choice Roofing for allegedly failing to prepare a proper contract and for allegedly botching the roof repairs.
CARMI – Circuit judges can’t enforce constitutional requirements for passing legislation, Governor Pritzker’s lawyer told White County Circuit Judge Scott Webb at a Jan. 25 hearing for a temporary restraining order on a gun law Pritzker signed on Jan. 10.
BENTON – U. S. District Judge Staci Yandle rejected Madison County jurisdiction in a potential class action against Exchange stores on military bases and dismissed it on Jan. 19.
Maybe you thought that the farther away we got from Covid and post-George Floyd violence, the steadier and stronger would be Chicago’s recovery from the crime that plagued the city in 2020 and 2021. But a slew of year-end data show Chicago is still mired in crime. All in all, it’s a portrait of a city stuck in an abyss.
Madison County Sheriff Jeff Connor and State’s Attorney Tom Haine issued a joint statement in opposition to the new weapons ban, saying it is “in obvious tension with Supreme Court precedent on the Second Amendment” and vowing to focus on reducing violent crime instead of enforcing the weapons registration.
BELLEVILLE – A St. Louis business filed a $45 million lawsuit against a repair company, claiming the company failed to properly diagnose a malfunctioning boiler that caused a fire.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Penn-Star Insurance Company has removed a lawsuit to federal court, which claims that the insurance company refuses to pay a claim on a property that burned down.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Good Samaritan Hospital of Mount Vernon violated rights of security officer Joseph Goodrich when it fired him for refusing virus vaccination and testing, according to a suit in U.S. district court.
EDWARDSVILLE – An man is suing gasoline companies, alleging pollution produced by their oil refineries in Wood River and Roxana caused him to develop childhood leukemia.
