Attorney Gary Peel's pending criminal trial has frozen his bankruptcy petition and the privacy invasion suit he filed against former wife Deborah J. Peel and the Record.
Two children who lost both parents in two years, sat in a Madison County courtroom Wednesday finishing the business their late mother started when she filed a wrongful death suit against Dr. Dolores Cantrell in 2004.
A woman who claims she slipped on french fries and fell with great force and violence in the parking lot at the Godfrey McDonald's, filed a personal injury suit against the fast food giant seeking damages for injuries in excess of $50,000.
Thomas Hill The best piece of advice ever given to me: Get a skill with which to support your family. For enjoyment find a hobby. If you enjoy your work, maybe you should pay for the privilege of doing it.
One year ago, a Madison County jury slapped Ford with a $43 million verdict because its 1993 Lincoln Town Car "negligently" couldn't withstand a direct hit, rear-end collision at 60 miles-per-hour.
Philip K. Howard If the American public doesn't get a better understanding of the corrosive effects of living in a lawsuit culture, the very functioning of society will be at risk.
DaimlerChrysler and the Auto Mart of Mt. Vernon were named in a Madison County civil lawsuit filed by a woman who became a quadriplegic after a vehicle rollover accident.
Troy Bozarth Lowe's Home Centers has removed a proposed class action suit over dangling cords to federal court, but the retailer did not carry other defendants along.
Chief Judge Edward Ferguson accused the Madison County Record of a "ridiculous allegation," but the word that upset him did not appear in the newspaper.
Tracy Sanders of Chicago succeeded in switching from defendant to plaintiff in a Madison County highway crash case, but she failed to take advantage of the transition.
Gordon Broom Once again, a Madison County defendant has strained to provide Circuit Judge Don Weber with grounds to keep a case, and for at least the 71st time, Weber has signed the case away.
The Fifth District Appellate Court has affirmed a Madison County verdict in favor of a woman whose car was wrongfully repossessed, but modified the judgment by reducing punitive damages from $500,000 to $225,000.
The Record newspaper and one of its reporters claim that a Madison County civil lawsuit brought by bankrupt attorney Gary Peel based on an article in the Record should be thrown out of court.