Wood River WalMart Mega retailer Wal-Mart is being sued by a customer who injured herself during an encounter with a "foreign substance" on the floor of a Wood River store.
Crow Nelson filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act suit May 6 in Madison County Circuit Court against Norfolk Southern Railway alleging that he was injured while working as a trackman and machine operator.
Cliffside Inn After an unknown male with a goatee and pony tail struck him in the face with a beer bottle, Edward Bland filed a personal injury lawsuit against the Cliffside Inn of Godfrey.
Goshen Road A fatal car wreck two years ago in Edwardsville is the subject of a $50,000 wrongful death suit filed by David Long whose son was killed on Goshen Road in Edwardsville on June 17, 2003. Long's complaint was filed May 4 in Madison County Circuit Court.
Benton Jefcoat filed a Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) lawsuit seeking damages in excess of $50,000 in Madison County Circuit Court May 3 against his employer, Norfolk Southern Railway.
Former Mayor Charles Scholz enjoys lunch with the students at Madison Elementary School in Quincy. After 12 years as mayor of Quincy, Democrat Charles "Chuck" Scholz Sr. is joining SimmonsCooper law firm in East Alton.
Tom Lakin Of all the potential jurors in a county with a population of 258,941 (U.S. Census, 2000), one of the 12 sitting members in Jablonski v. Ford was a former college roommate of Thomas Lakin, founder of the Lakin Law Firm in Wood River, and father of the trial's plaintiff attorney, Bradley Lakin.
Ralph Jackson filed suit April 27 in Madison County Circuit Court against Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis alleging that he was injured while working as a truck operator and laborer.
Bradley Lakin A Madison County jury has returned with a verdict of $43 million for the family of a man burned to death after a speeding woman rammed into his Lincoln Town Car and it burst into flames
East Alton-Wood River High School A fight at East Alton-Wood River High School last year prompted Gloria Jean Harris to file suit on behalf of her 17-year-old son, Michael Scott Harris, Jr., claiming he suffered a broken jaw and tooth. The suit was filed in Madison County Circuit Court April 8.
Two railroad workers filed separate Federal Employees Liability Act (FELA) lawsuits April 7 in Madison County Circuit Court seeking damages for injuries they sustained while working on the railroad.
Ted Gianaris of SimmonsCooper Five employees of Owens Brockway Glass Container in Godfrey filed 12-count, $600,000 suits against their employer and Castrol Inc. claiming they were sickened from exposure to Syntilo 9918 and other “metal working fluids.”
CIM Insurance of Southfield, Mich. will be in court April 15 to argue its motion to dismiss a class action complaint in front of Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron. Represented by Stephen Mudge of Reed, Armstrong, Gorman, Mudge and Morrissey of Edwardsville, CIM is accused of violating the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act.
9 Briarcliff Dr. in Granite City--Peach offered $68,900 for it. Posing as the buyer of a Granite City home, a resourceful Madison County woman pulled $20,000 in $100 bills out of her purse and handed it over to an incredulous seller as down payment for a $68,900 house she had never seen on the inside.
Oliver Adams filed a Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) suit in Madison County Circuit Court March 15 claiming that he was permanently injured while working as a Norfolk Southern Railway trackman for 32 years.