A class action suit that began with Wal-Mart's alleged failure to refund just under $2.50 on a returned Blu-Ray player is back in Madison County and set for case management Thursday.
Stack In the last three years, asbestos filings have been steadily increasing in Madison County, so it may be no wonder that the number of new cases filed so far in 2009 has exceeded the total number filed in 2008.
Maag A Madison County judge chastised plaintiff attorney Thomas Maag for using crude language during a hearing involving a civil sexual assault case on Friday.
Broom It's rare when a winning party in a lawsuit asks for a new trial at the same hearing as the losing party, but that's what happened in Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder's court Wednesday.
Stack A fairness hearing is scheduled in one of the numerous 2005 class action suits filed in Madison County over improper preferred provider organization discounts taken from claims filed by chiropractors and other health care professionals.
Stack Plaintiff Timothy Campbell, a Godfrey attorney, has 60 days to respond to the Wednesday dismissal of both counts of his breach of contract suit against Chicago attorney Paul Weiss.
Hylla Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla has granted a motion by defendants John Welle and Jane Tolhurst to stay the enforcement of a $150,000 jury verdict against them over an injury suffered by a child at a daycare center.
Lakin NEWARK, N.J. – Paul Weiss of Chicago believes his legal team deserves almost $6 million for settling a class action against Sprint telephone company, but his former teammate Brad Lakin believes Weiss and his team don't deserve a penny.
Broom Defendants who lost a slip and fall trial in September after Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder granted a directed verdict for plaintiffs, are asking for a new trial.
The plaintiff in a Granite City car accident suit is asking Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack to find that the defendant was liable for hitting him.
Hylla It's been over a month since Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla heard arguments in a case over the acne drug Accutane and, with the case's Oct. 19 trial date past, he is scheduled to hear more motions in the suit on Nov. 3.