David Aronoff David Aronoff believes that if more defense attorneys would vigorously challenge the independence of class representatives there would be less manufactured litigation.
Pfiizer attorney Robert Shultz of Edwardsville assured Madison County Associate Judge Ralph Mendelsohn that he could sign a protective order and plaintiff attorney Stephen Tillery of St. Louis would not oppose it.
An evaluation of the state's associate circuit judges (outside Cook County) in a poll of lawyers revealed that St. Clair County Associate Judge Laninya Cason was the only local associate judge who received a "not recommended" rating.
After a brief two-day trial with roughly an hour of juror deliberations, an Edwardsville woman who alleged she sustained damages in excess of $75,000 when she tripped over a large saw lost her personal injury case in Madison County court on May 23.
Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack will begin choosing a jury in a slip and fall case against Burger King and Aramark Uniform and Career Apparel on May 14.
A case that was once dismissed because former Madison County Circuit Judge Don Weber would not approve a judge substitution days before the trial was set to begin last September has finally started in Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder's courtroom.
Steve Tillery Madison County Associate Judge Ralph Mendelsohn approved a $63.8 million class action settlement against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) that alleged the pharmaceutical promoted Paxil and Paxil CR to children under 18, while withholding information about Paxil's safety and effectiveness.
Madison County Associate Judge Ralph Mendelsohn delayed a class action fairness hearing over a proposed $63.8 million settlement until Thursday morning so attorneys involved in the case could settle their differences over how the money would be distributed.
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