Casino Queen in East St. Louis A Belleville woman who claims she was raped at the Casino Queen in East St. Louis filed a $1 million lawsuit against the hotel and casion for failing to protect her.
An East St. Louis woman filed a medical malpractice suit against Harvey Mirly, M.D. and Belleville Memorial Hospital for performing a carpal tunnel procedure instead of surgery to release a trigger thumb on her left hand.
National lenders NovaStar Home Mortgage Inc. and NovaStar Financial Inc., who face class action lawsuits across the country for allegedly violating the Securities Exchange Act, will attempt to dismiss a Madison County case during a Nov. 18 hearing.
Pop's Saloon--a landmark in Sauget John Link filed a Dram Shop lawsuit against Pop’s Saloon for serving alcohol to a patron who became intoxicated and caused an auto accident after leaving the Sauget bar on Dec. 10, 2004.
John Driscoll St. Louis plaintiff's attorney John Driscoll filed another Vioxx lawsuit against Merck & Co. and Walgreens in St. Clair County Oct. 28.
Jeffrey Lowe A woman's death which was allegedly caused by taking a cholesterol lowering medication, Crestor, prompted a 10-count federal lawsuit filed by her surviving mother.
Like a 53rd card in a deck, a SimmonsCooper asbestos suit rests in the litigation pile that Texas attorney Brent Coon brought to Madison County last month.
John Driscoll St. Louis plaintiff's attorney John Driscoll filed two more Vioxx lawsuits against Merck & Co. and Walgreens on behalf of two Illinois women who claim the arthritis pain-reliever caused their health problems.
Jeff Lowe Two new Vioxx lawsuits filed in St. Clair County on behalf of 21 Illinois plaintiffs not only allege pharmaceutical Merck was negligent for producing a defective product, they cast blame on several major retailers for selling the pain reliever to sickly customers.
Kelvin Ellis, 55, of East St. Louis, a former Democratic precinct committeeman and former director of the city's Regulatory Affairs Department, pled guilty to obstruction of justice and tampering with a witness in a volatile election fraud and vote buying case.
Gateway Regional Hospital will be in court Sept. 28, attempting to convince Circuit Judge George Moran to dismiss a broken tooth and lost medical records medical malpractice suit.
Among the many pending Vioxx class action lawsuits filed in Madison county, one instigated by Earl Gori of Madison County and Michael Elward of Wabash County, Ind. will be in court Sept. 28, for a case management conference and Merck's motion to transfer.
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.
Judges like St. Clair County’s John Baricevic would have you think barbarians pound at the gates of their chambers, insidious forces of evil trying to undermine our justice system and pillage the people of Illinois.
Gateway Foundation A private, not-for-profit substance abuse center in Caseyville was named in a wrongful death suit by the parents of a Franklin County teen who hung himself in the shower while under the care of the treatment center in June 2004.