A Tennessee man suffering from mesothelioma filed an asbestos suit in Madison County Circuit Court June 27, claiming his disease was wrongfully caused.
Trent Miracle An Oklahoma woman suffering from mesothelioma filed an asbestos suit against 107 defendants in Madison County Circuit Court June 21, alleging she was exposed to airborne asbestos fibers from family members' clothing.
General Motors and Jack Schmitt Oldsmobile-Cadillac of O'Fallon are being sued by a woman who was ejected from her Oldsmobile Bravada after the vehicle left a roadway and rolled over on July 31, 2006, on northbound US Route 48 in Macon County.
James Harris filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) suit against Illinois Central Railroad (ICR) in Madison County Circuit Court June 1, alleging it failed to provide him a safe place to work.
A Texas man who suffers from mesothelioma filed an asbestos suit against 111 defendants in Madison County Circuit Court May 30, alleging he was exposed to airborne asbestos fibers from his father's clothing.
A Kentucky man filed suit against 11 defendants in Madison County Circuit Court June 18, alleging his exposure to benzene and butadiene caused pancreatic cancer.
An Arkansas woman suffering from mesothelioma filed an asbestos suit against 96 defendants in Madison County Circuit Court June 14, alleging she was exposed to airborne asbestos fibers from family members' clothing.
Roberta Vandalia says she hurt her left arm and eyes. She fell on a step by the ladies bathroom, she claims, during a charity event at an East Alton high school football field last summer.
A woman who attended an American Cancer Society (ACS) fund-raising event is suing the organization as well as the city of Wood River and East Alton Wood River School District #14 over injuries she sustained last year.
A Massachusetts man suffering from mesothelioma filed an asbestos suit in Madison County Circuit Court June 4, claiming his disease was wrongfully caused.
A former Wal-Mart employee filed suit in Madison County Circuit Court May 29, alleging Wal-Mart wrongfully refused to pay her health insurance benefits.
Hubert Johnston of Kansas filed an asbestos suit against 92 defendant corporations alleging he was exposed to asbestos while working from the 1946 to 1990 as a service station attendant and insulator at various locations.
A Union Pacific laborer who claims he was injured on the job after working 27 consecutive hours filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act suit in Madison County Circuit Court on May 22.
Eastman Chemical Company has asked U.S. District Judge David Herndon to set a hearing date on a case filed by a Shanghai plaintiff who claims his wife died in Hong Kong from malaria on Jan. 19, 2005, after being evacuated from a hospital in Shanghai.
Associate Judge Stephen Stobbs Nicholas Bramlet, 20, of East Alton was found not guilty on three misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct, criminal trespass and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon during Madison County Associate Judge Stephen Stobbs first trial on May 22.
A bridge inspector with Illinois Central Railroad filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act suit in St. Clair County Circuit Court claiming he developed carpal tunnel syndrome in both upper extremities on-the-job.
The estate of Barbara Clarke filed an asbestos suit against 44 defendant corporations in Madison County Circuit Court May 16, claiming she was exposed to asbestos while employed as a production worker, machinist and engineering draftsman from 1961-1995.
An Oklahoma woman who suffers from mesothelioma filed an asbestos suit against 84 defendant corporations in Madison County Circuit Court May 10, alleging she was exposed to airborne asbestos fibers from her father's and husband's clothing.
A California woman who suffers from mesothelioma filed an asbestos suit against 76 defendant corporations in Madison County Circuit Court April 25, alleging she was exposed to airborne asbestos fibers from her father's and ex-husband's clothing.
Roger D. Schroen filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) suit against Norfolk Southern Railway Company in Madison County Circuit Court April 23, alleging that Norfolk failed to provide him a safe place to work.