Aramark Uniform Services removed a Madison County civil complaint to federal court in East St. Louis arguing that there is a complete diversity of citizenship between parties.
Tom Lakin (left) leaving the federal courthouse in Benton on Feb. 28, with his lawyer Scott Rosenblum. A federal grand jury in East St. Louis returned a third superseding indictment against Tom Lakin. But, the only difference between the new indictment handed down Thursday and the preceeding one is the name of the person who signed it.
Show-Me Coaches and its bus driver Charles Burrage are being sued by a passenger claiming injuries from a rear-end collision that happened Aug. 4, 2006, on Interstate 80 in Hammond, Ind.
Burke EAST ST. LOUIS - Attorneys for Fairview Heights think they see a silver lining on the dark cloud that U.S. District Judge David Herndon cast over their proposed class action suit against Orbitz and other online travel agents.
Tillery Class action attorney Stephen Tillery of St. Louis argues that drug maker Pfizer can't escape Madison County jurisdiction because it recruited volunteers for clinical trials in the county and because business cards of two employees show Edwardsville addresses.
A mother whose daughter was killed by an alleged drunk driver filed a wrongful death suit against the man who allegedly ran her over and the tavern who allegedly served him too many alcoholic beverages.
Tillery Stephen Tillery of St. Louis blew his chance to overturn Madison County Chief Judge Ann Callis's rule limiting plaintiffs in a class action to a single substitution of a judge.
Tillery Madison County Associate Judge Ralph Mendelsohn granted drug maker Pfizer four hearings in a row, putting off St. Louis attorney Stephen Tillery who tried to squeeze in a class certification hearing ahead of Pfizer.
COLLINSVILLE -- An effort to collect valentines for injured soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, netted a response so heartfelt that other facilities can now expect to feel the love.
Anthony Morgan of East St. Louis claims he was pushed onto the tracks at the 5th and Missouri MetroLink station while exiting a train on Oct. 28, 2007.
A Granite City man filed a federal lawsuit against a Chicago law firm alleging it violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) when the firm sued him in Cook County rather than Madison County.
Thomas Lakin claims he did not attempt to intimidate a government witness by faxing a hand-written note. And any allegation to the contrary, he says, is "baseless" and "defies all common sense and logic."
Hiram Ely For the second time in about six months, a defendant in a Madison County wrongful death suit has asked that the case be transferred to Jersey County.
A Missouri woman filed a strict product liability suit against Wyeth, A.H. Robins Company, Inc., and Schwarz Pharma in federal court Jan. 7, alleging the prescription medication Reglan or its generic, metoclopramide, was defective and unreasonably dangerous.
Tom Lakin Thomas Lakin violated a court order forbidding him from having contact with government witnesses when he faxed a hand-written note and grand jury testimony to the attorney representing a witness.
Durbin praised Tillery class action Stephen Tillery has achieved settlements worth $1.8 billion in eight of his biggest class action suits, according to Aaron Zigler of Korein Tillery, in St. Louis.
A woman's medical malpractice case that survived a mistrial and legal derring-do just three days before it was set for trial last year, is finally getting its day in court.