Only 10 Metro-East individuals or businesses made contributions of $150 or more to Judy Baar Topinka's campaign committee between Jan. 1 and June 30, according to a financial report filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections on Monday.
Acting U.S. Attorney Randy Massey removed a wrongful death suit against Memorial Hospital and several doctors to federal court because one of the named physicians is employed by the U.S. government.
Wal-Mart Mascoutah resident Kimberly Biekert is seeking in excess of $100,000 from Wal-Mart for injuries sustained when she slipped on a pool of water at the O'Fallon store on July 3, 2004.
Three Carbondale physicians, the Carbondale Clinic and Cape Radiology Group are blamed for failing to interpret a suspicious mammogram in a lawsuit filed in St. Clair County Circuit Court May 17.
Six area women have filed wage discrimination lawsuits against LPG Ambulance Services of Illinois and Mission Care of Illinois in St. Clair County Circuit Court.
A grim reminder of a fiery crash that claimed four lives and shut down the Martin Luther King Bridge on Nov. 12, 2004, showed up in St. Clair County Circuit Court on March 22.
A $10 million lawsuit filed against the United States of America claims doctors at a Veterans Administration clinic failed to properly treat a Fayette County man's skin cancer.
Wal-Mart Chester Evans filed a personal injury suit against retail giant Wal-Mart in federal court, alleging he was injured while shopping at the Belleville Wal-Mart on Nov. 10, 2002.
Robert Loehr filed a legal malpractice suit against Eric Holland, Dennis Rathmann, Bruce Cook and the law firm of Cook, Ysursa, Bartholomew, Brauer and Shevlin claiming his Federal Employees Liability Act (FELA) lawsuit was mishandled.
Kenneth Hall Regional Hospital Ron Kramper of St. Libory filed a wrongful death suit against Kenneth Hall Regional Hospital in St. Clair County Circuit Court Nov. 21, seeking damages in excess of $50,000.
Belleville Memorial Hospital George Odom filed a medical malpractice suit against Belleville Memorial Hospital, Bryan Franks, M.D., Thomas Byrne, M.D., Edward Morgan, M.D. and Belleville Emergency Physicians in St. Clair County Circuit Court Sept. 29, seeking damages in excess of $250,000.
A man whose left arm was destroyed by a Sears wood chipper filed a $200,000 product liability lawsuit against Sears Roebuck & Co. in St. Clair County Circuit Court Aug
Three Mount Vernon physicians were named in a St. Clair County medical malpractice lawsuit filed by a man who was permanently injured after suffering a "severe" stroke and hemiparesis.
Gloria Beisiegel of Freeburg filed suit against her local grocery store on June 17 in St Clair County Circuit Court seeking $100,000 in damages, claiming that a rug was placed in the wrong location at the Tom’s Supermarket. Norrenberns Foods runs the store.