Merck & Co., producer of the once widely-used prescription medicine Vioxx, continues to be pounded in local courts by consumers claiming illness from taking the anti-inflammatory medication.
Circuit Judge George Moran Q)Your father, George Moran Sr., was a judge. Did you feel any pressure when you were growing up to follow in his footsteps?
Eee gads! The cost of filling up at the gas station is killing our pocketbooks. Record Reporter Heather Anderson asks citizens, "How has the price of gas affected your budget?"
John Jablonski Sr. and his wife, Dora, were involved in a tragic accident caused by a negligent driver, searching for her sunglasses and plowing into a stationary Town Car at 65 m.p.h.
A Madison County plaintiff with a pending asbestos case has asked to be removed from the court's Asbestos Deferred Registry and moved into the active asbestos docket.
Kesha Manning of Venice filed the first class action lawsuit in Madison County in more than a month against the owner of her apartment complex because of mold and fungus problems.
Howard May Sr., an Illinois laborer who's been diagnosed with mesothelioma, and his wife, Jean, are preparing for trial March 7 against 64 defendants in an asbestos case filed last year in Madison County.