A case that was once dismissed because former Madison County Circuit Judge Don Weber would not approve a judge substitution days before the trial was set to begin last September has finally started in Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder's courtroom.
Tom Lakin Federal prosecutors say they don't intend to allow Tom Lakin's criminal attorney access to witness statements or grand jury testimony until it is required to do so by the rules of discovery.
Gary Peel Attorneys for Gary Peel filed a motion asking U.S. District Judge William Stiehl to grant him a new trial claiming cumulative errors in the case denied Peel a fair trial.
U.S. Steel is accused of not reinstating an employee that was a member of the U.S. Army Reserves in a civil trial that began in federal court in East St. Louis on April 17.
Judge Dave Hylla The country's first ever trial over a controversial acne medication was continued Tuesday by Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla so he could schedule a hearing on whether punitive damages will be allowed in the case.
Gary Peel Gary Peel turned himself in late Monday morning to federal authorities who will hold him in detention until his June 25 sentencing at the Melvin Price Courthouse in East St. Louis.
Gary Peel, his step daughter and wife Deborah Pontious, leave the federal courthouse Wednesday afternoon with public defender Stephen Williams. Convicted attorney Gary Peel has until noon Friday to turn himself in to the U.S. Marshall's office as ordered Wednesday afternoon by U.S. District Judge William Stiehl.
Gary Peel Gary Peel was found guilty on four counts of obstruction of justice, bankruptcy fraud and possession of child pornography by a federal jury in East St. Louis.
Merck's defense witness Jerome Cohen, M.D., a St. Louis cardiologist, said his ties to pharmaceutical companies did not influence his opinion that Vioxx did not cause Patricia Schwaller's death.
Cahokia Nursing & Rehab Center, Memorial Hospital and Ouedraogo Basga Bernard, M.D. are named in a St. Clair County medical negligence suit over the care of a patient whose leg had to be amputated.
Gary Peel United States District Judge William Stiehl denied Gary Peel's motion for a directed verdict ruling that the government has introduced sufficient evidence to find Peel guilty beyond a reasonable doubt on charges of fraud, obstruction of justice and possession of child pornography.
The trial of attorney Gary Peel who was indicted last year on charges of bankruptcy fraud, obstruction of justice and possession of child pornography will get under way next week at the federal courthouse in East St. Louis.
A St. Louis personal injury firm filed two Federal Employers' Liability Act lawsuits in St. Clair County on behalf of locomotive engineers who reside outside the Metro-East.
Clyde Kuehn St. Clair County Circuit Judge Patrick Young has admitted he was driving drunk in return for negotiated terms and conditions of his sentence.
Richard Burke Robert Ramsey filed a motion to withdraw as attorney for Richard Burke in his $5 million lawsuit against Brad Lakin and the firm that bears his name.