Judge Kardis Retirement shouldn’t put much financial strain on Madison County Circuit Judge Phillip Kardis. In addition to his pension, he can depend on income as landlord of 48 apartments.
Castrol Industries is asking Circuit Judge Daniel Stack to be dismissed from a suit filed by an employee of Owens Brockway Glass Container in Godfrey who claims he was sickened from exposure to Syntilo 9918 and other “metal working fluids.”
A Centreville woman who suffered a hemorrhagic stroke after taking an herbal dietary supplement Stacker 2 filed suit against manufacturer NVE Pharmaceuticals and Quik Trip convenience store in U.S District Court of Southern Illinois.
An employee of Owens Brockway Glass Container in Godfrey filed a 12-count, $600,000 suit against his employer and Castrol Inc. Aug. 1 in Madison County Circuit Court.
J.W. Adams of Edwardsville filed suit against Bret Dixon Insurance of East Alton alleging that the company denied his claim for a houseboat and a nearby boat that were destroyed by fire in January.
Simmons WILMINGTON, Del. - For years the law firm of the famed Bifferato brothers defended asbestos suits in New Castle County Superior Court--where their father once was chief judge--by denying that asbestos was dangerous or toxic.
Richard Samp A recent flood of asbestos lawsuits filed in Delaware stands as a sign of progress in Madison County, according to a court observer familiar with the first state's system.
Stephen Tillery One day after the Illinois insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher announced it would no longer collect now-controversial contingency fees from insurance companies, East Alton plaintiff's firm SimmonsCooper filed a class action lawsuit Oct. 27, 2004, claiming Gallagher & Co. breached its fiduciary duties.
While the number of new asbestos lawsuits has dropped precipitously in Madison County, a deluge of filings is keeping clerks in a Delaware court working nights and weekends to keep up.
Ted Gianaris A man who developed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) last year filed a $900,000 suit in Madison County Circuit Court claiming 68 defendants were responsible for his illness which was caused by exposure to benzene.
Norfolk Southern Railway filed a motion to dismiss a Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) suit based on forum non conveniens on June 16 in Madison County Circuit Court.
A former employee who worked in Norfolk Southern Railway's Bridge and Building Department filed a Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) suit in Madison County Circuit Court June 17 seeking damages in excess of $50,000.
Alton Belle Casino In the less-reported realm of Madison County's "LM" Civil Division--where the injured seek less than $50,000 in damages--it took a jury 90 minutes to clear Argosy Gaming Company of wrongdoing in a personal injury case filed by a Bethalto woman. She claimed permanent injuries from slipping on a “foreign substance” in the buffet line at the Alton Belle Casino in February 2002.
A welder for Norfolk Southern Railway filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) suit in Madison County Circuit Court June 2 seeking damages for injuries sustained while attempting to locate an oil leak.
Alton Shop N Save A woman who slipped on transmission fluid in the parking lot of an Alton Shop N Save is suing the store in Madison County Circuit Court for more than $50,000.
Derrick Ketchum, an employee of Owens Brockway Glass Container in Godfrey, filed a 12-count, $600,000 suit against his employer and Castrol Inc. claiming he was sickened from exposure to Syntilo 9918 and other “metal working fluids.”