Claiming her teen-age children were exposed to sexually explicit content in a popular video game, a concerned mother filed a class action lawsuit in St. Clair County Court against the promoters of "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (GTA)."
It took a Madison County jury just three hours to clear a Granite City man of any wrongdoing in an auto accident in which a 17-year-old girl was injured.
Memorial Hospital Charles Henderson filed a medical malpractice suit in St. Clair County against Sana Ullah, M.D., Kenneth Hall Regional Hospital, Anthony Newell, M.D., Belleville Memorial Hospital, Belleville Emergency Physicians, St. Louis University Hospital and Lawrence Stein, M.D.
Alleging permanent injuries to her right shoulder. Barbara Montgomery filed suit against Wal-Mart in St. Clair County Sept. 1 because the retailer failed to properly stack merchandise.
Discount Decorating Outlet in Fairview Heights and two of its employees are being sued by a customer whose foot was injured when a shelf was dropped on it.
Casino Queen A woman playing a slot machine at the Casino Queen is seeking more than $50,000 from the East St. Louis casino because she was struck in the knee by an employee carrying a box.
Belleville City Hall A Caseyville woman who claims she suffered severe and permanent injuries after tripping on an uneven portion of a sidewalk in Belleville is seeking damages in excess of $50,000.
Ending a near three-month drought of class action lawsuits since a restrictive federal law was enacted, Alton plaintiff’s attorney Lanny Darr filed suit against Affirmative Insurance Company because it would only reimburse him $18.90 per day for a rental vehicle.
Renaissance at Belleville Charles Kilcauski, the independant administrator of the estate of Peter Rowlinitus, filed suit against Renaissance at Belleville claiming it allowed illegal drugs in the nursing home.
Thomas Goldner's O'Fallon home Derek Onstott filed the 400th lawsuit in St. Clair County's Law Division July 7 seeking damages for a dog bite that allegedly occurred at Thomas Goldner's O'Fallon home April 1.
Madison County Associate Judge Ralph Mendelsohn will hold a case management conference July 14 in a three-year old wrongful death case in which a widow claims her husband died due to the negligence of three doctors and Belleville Memorial Hospital.
A Cahokia mother filed a medical malpractice suit against Belleville Memorial Hospital and Joseph Shallert, M.D. on May 31 claiming the doctor and hospital failed to diagnose her daughter’s appendicitis.
Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville While learning how to become a safe motorcyclist in Southwestern Illinois College's Motorcycle Rider Program, Maria Collins took a left turn around a cone, hit a pothole and wiped out.
A Red Bud Ford Mercury dealership filed suit against First State Bank of Red Bud (FSB), a bank officer, and a former employee blaming them for the business losing sales and going under.
Belleville Memorial Hospital The executor of the estate of a woman who died on Sept. 23, 2004, filed a medical malpractice complaint against Belleville Memorial Hospital on March 16 in the Circuit Court for the 20th Circuit.