MOUNT VERNON – Belleville must defend a class action challenging its $500 redemption fee on vehicles of certain criminal suspects, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on May 18.
EDWARDSVILLE - Madison County Circuit Judge Sarah Smith granted a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit alleging a tenant was injured when her Granite City apartment caught fire and was not equipped with smoke detectors.
July 1 marks the start of the suspended state grocery tax and delay in the automatic gas tax hike. Both industries are required by law to display signs reminding customers of the suspensions, but only gas stations face $500-a-day fines if they fail to comply.
The Madison County Board was met with disapproval and the sounds of booing from the crowd after they voted 19-6 during a special meeting on July 6 to approve an ordinance establishing increased oversight of Board Chairman Kurt Prenzler.
EDWARDSVILLE – A motorist claims he was at the Alton Schnucks grocery store when the parking lot collapsed beneath him, causing him to suffer injuries.
EDWARDSVILLE – A former employee of Impact Fulfillment Services is suing the company, alleging she was sexually harassed by one if its employees for months and then terminated for refusing to work with him any longer.
XENIA – Two renegade Republicans and a former Democrat who denied the state’s authority to lock citizens down overpowered primary opponents and seized leadership of the Republican Party.
EDWARDSVILLE – A couple is suing Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company, alleging the company is in breach of contract for refusing to pay for underinsured motorist coverage following a collision.
EAST ST. LOUIS - A former employee of Ascend Cannabis is suing the company, alleging she was sexually harassed by another employee for months and then terminated and denied access to the cannabis dispensary in retaliation for reporting the alleged actions.
EDWARDSVILLE – An man is suing gasoline companies, alleging pollution produced by their oil refineries located in Madison County caused him to develop cancer.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Ervin Cable Construction has removed a former employee's defamation lawsuit to federal court, which claims the defendant falsely published that the employee was receiving kickbacks in return for awarding contracts.
EAST ST. LOUIS – A Raleigh woman has filed a class action lawsuit alleging the employee fingerprint reader system used by many fast food restaurants violates the employees' privacy under state law.
Candidates in the most contenious Madison County-wide race have laid out their endorsements to help inform Republican base voters who don't often have to decide contested local primaries.
EDWARDSVILLE – An Edwardsville man is suing Target stores and the manufacturers of Schwinn bicycles, alleging a defective bike caused him to fall and suffer a skull fracture and brain hemorrhage.
Republican Joe Hackler of Granite City responded to a news article critical of his public statements about vaccines, masks and church attendance during peaks of Covid spread, saying he has "always strongly opposed vaccine and mask mandates but have encouraged vaccination."
