One Beacon Insurance Company filed suit on behalf of Greg and Pam Wright of Collinsville against Bel-O Cooling & Heating of O’Fallon and Edwardsville Electric of Edwardsville Jan. 31 seeking damages the Wrights suffered in a house fire in 2001.
Kenneth Decker filed a two-count Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) complaint Jan. 20 against the Alton & Southern Railway Company seeking to collect at least $50,000 in damages for injuries he received when another train collided with the train on which he was working.
Editor's Note: The following letter to the editor is addressed to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in response to its Dec. 10 editorial which criticized the MCR. Its writer submitted a copy for publication here.
Jo Elaine Foster & Associates, a 25-year-old firm based in Madison County, is merging into Midwest Litigation Services. Headquartered in St. Louis, Midwest is the largest court reporting and trial support firm in Missouri.
Helping lung cancer victims recover in ways medical doctors cannot, renowned plaintiff's attorney Stephen Tillery filed suit against Philip Morris USA again Tuesday on behalf of his client, Steven Squires of Alton.
Janet Heflin Janet Heflin, an Edwardsville family law attorney, received at least five votes on a first ballot to become Madison County's newest Associate Judge.
Oct 2, 2003-- The St. Louis Post Dispatch editorialized strongly to "derail (the) gravy train" in Madison County by moving all class action cases to federal court. "Lawyers are tooling in from all over to file class-action cases at one of the most plaintiff-friendly courts in the country. It's got to stop," the paper wrote.