Patricia Newby filed a medical malpractice suit against the United States of America in federal court in East St. Louis Nov. 9, seeking $2 million in damages.
Through a dozen elections Black voters patiently propped up the decaying Democratic Party, while Republicans offered them nothing that could shake their loyalty.
Attorneys in competing class action suits against GlaxoSmithKline's anti-depressant drug Paxil plan to file objections to a recent Madison County settlement.
Engineer Brian Wilgus, class representative in a class action suit over stock options, has asked Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack not to throw out his suit just because he did not exercise the options.
The estate of Lyndel Strowmatt filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act suit against Illinois Central Railroad (ICR) claiming they failed to provide him a safe place to work.
The intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and North 9th Street in East St. Louis The city of East St. Louis is being sued for failure to maintain traffic signals at the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and North 9th Street.
An Illinois woman has filed a 40-count personal injury lawsuit against the makers and distributors of a defibrillator/pacemaker she claims was defective and required her to be hospitalized.
An attorney who lost a med mal case in federal court last week dismissed a Madison County med mal suit that was on the brink of going to trial because Circuit Judge Don Weber denied a motion for change of judge.
An inmate serving four years at Menard Correctional Center in Chester was indicted by a federal grand jury in East St. Louis for threatening the life of the President of the United States.
Former Judge George Moran You won't find it in the administrative rules book, but sources tell Dicta that in the wake of a former judge's unfortunate brush with a sombrero and a digital camera, there's a new "unofficial" decree on Main Street.
Mearl Justus An East St. Louis man filed suit against St. Clair County Sheriff Mearl Justus and deputy John Doe claiming he was assaulted while in custody.