The scheduled trial of a negligence suit against Wildfire Restaurant and the company that owns it is off. The suit settled in late August. The trial had been scheduled to open before Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack at 9 a.m. Monday.
Hylla A suit brought by a man claiming a local newspaper defamed him by printing his name, address and picture in its "Top 5 Most Wanted Criminals" feature is over.
Schmieder Cincinnati Insurance and Cincinnati Casualty will pay Illinois medical providers at least $4,275,000 in a class action settlement that Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder approved on Sept. 3.
Crowder A suit over the alleged beating of a St. Louis truck driver by Madison police officers that spawned a different lawsuit by one of its witnesses has settled.
The family of a man who died after taking a prescription drug is asking the court to approve a settlement it reached with drug manufacturer Merck and Co.
Hylla Attorneys haggled more than three hours Monday over charges of juror bias and judicial error during a hearing over Rosewood Care Center's motion for a new trial in a negligence case.
The attorney for a woman who claims the East St. Louis police department misidentified her murdered son and released his body to the wrong family has withdrawn from the case.
Lakin NEWARK, N.J. – Two Sprint cellular telephone customers disagree about Sprint's early termination fee but agree that a pending class action settlement won't do them any good.
Workmen will soon replace attorneys and judges in Madison County's courtrooms as five civil and two felony courtrooms get technical upgrades that officials say will improve case presentations.
Wisconsin jurors found that Edwardsville trucking company owner Tom Buske stole millions from household products maker S.C. Johnson, but he pleads that he shouldn't have to give the money back because it would leave his family penniless.
The plaintiffs in a negligence suit involving hot coffee spilled on an infant at a St. Louis Bread Co. store have filed a motion to compel the defendants to comply with discovery.
A hearing over educational trusts and a motion to vacate an order enjoining S.C. Johnson from collecting on a judgment against Thomas Buske has been rescheduled.
Stack Defendants in a dispute between a Godfrey attorney and his fellow comrades in class action suits are asking that the case be dismissed in two separate motions.
Madison County Associate Judge Thomas Chapman is set to hear several motions in the Edwardsville divorce being opposed by a Racine, Wisc.-based manufacturer.
A local attorney claims a St. Louis lawyer and his law firm sexually discriminated against her when they allegedly refused to pay her about $300,000 in promised compensation in exchange for work she performed as a partner in the firm.
Attorneys for S.C. Johnson and Sons Inc. are asking a Madison County judge to finish work the appellate court started when it threw out an order barring the company from collecting on a $203 million Wisconsin judgment against Edwardsville trucking firm owner Thomas Buske.
Rick Jones exits the federal courthouse in Benton after sentencing. He remains free on bond and does not have to report to the Federal Bureau of Prisons until Oct. 22. BENTON -- U.S. District Judge Phil Gilbert sentenced former Triad Industries owner Ricki Jones of Wood River to 15 months in prison for income tax evasion on July 30.