The asbestos motion docket for Madison County will be held at 9 a.m. on Sept. 14-16 in Associate Judge Stephen Stobbs' courtroom, room 327, at the Madison County Circuit Court in Edwardsville.
The asbestos jury docket for Madison County will be held at 9 a.m.on Sept. 4 in Associate Judge Stephen Stobbs' courtroom, room 327. There are two cases scheduled on the docket.
A man who suffered severe leg injuries after a dump truck driver ran him over, entangling his legs in the springs, settled the case for an undisclosed amount with the defendants over the weekend.
Story CopyThe Illinois Telecommunications Access Corporation (ITAC) is offering a new amplified telephone at no cost to seniors and others with hearing loss living in Madison County.
Forty-six attorneys have filed applications for the five associate judge vacancies in the Third Judicial Circuit, including the ones who were not re-appointed to terms that would have begun July 1 - Duane L.
U.S. District Judge Michael Reagan shortened the sentence of former East St. Louis detective Orlando Ward, who took $5,000 to guide a cocaine shipment through the region.
The Alton chapter of the 100 Black Men of America calls the recent move to not retain five Madison County associate judges a “smoke screen” to cover an alleged racially motivated act.
After declaring his intention to approve a Madison County bid rigging class action, visiting judge William Becker filed his official order granting class certification on June 16. He originally noted his approval of class certification on May 6, but postponed an official order until after the June 4 status conference to hear from the defendants if they planned to appeal. The class consists of anyone who owned a parcel of property that was sold at a Madison County tax sale auction from 2005 to
Former Madison County chief judge Ann Callis recovers from political defeat by stepping forward as a new class action lawyer. On June 18, she entered an appearance in a federal suit claiming Yahoo violates the privacy of those who don’t subscribe to it but do communicate with its subscribers. Goldenberg Heller of Edwardsville, the firm Callis joined after losing a Congressional race last year, filed the suit through lawyers Thomas Rosenfeld and Kevin Green. Upon Callis’s appearance, the court
Former Madison County treasurer Fred Bathon will be out of prison on Thursday, one year earlier than his original sentence mandated. Bathon was sentenced in federal court in December 2013 to 30 months in prison for rigging county tax sales.
Five Madison County associate judges have not been retained, according to lawyers who practice at the courthouse. They are Duane Bailey, Ben Beyers, Donald Flack, David Grounds and Elizabeth Levy, judges who received the lowest ratings in a judicial evaluation poll conducted recently by the Illinois State Bar Association. Associate judges are appointed to their positions through a vote by the circuit's elected judges.
Former Madison County Chief Judge Ann Callis has been appointed partner at the Goldenberg, Heller, Antognoli & Rowland law firm in Edwardsville. Callis joined in March with a focus on commercial law and litigation.
