The wife of a Highland man who was killed while working at Olin Brass Works in East Alton filed a four-count lawsuit against the company and a supervisor, Steven Heiens, in Madison County Circuit Court March 15.
VIP Manor Nursing Home in Wood River.
Crystal Calvert, who has power of attorney over former nursing home resident Sarah Ferguson, filed suit against VIP Manor Nursing Home in Wood River.
Craig Thorpe filed suit Feb. 14 against United Parcel Service in Madison County Circuit Court seeking damages he sustained when a UPS driver struck him. The accident took place Feb. 21, 2002, when Thorpe was walking along the shoulder of an entrance ramp to Interstate 30 in Little Rock, Ark.
Wegman Electric in East Alton A truck driver at an East Alton business is blaming a snow removal service for permanent spinal injuries he sustained while backing into chalk blocks buried in the snow.
Another stab at Walgreen's and Merck & Co. came in the form of two new lawsuits seeking more than $1 million from customers who blame the retailer and pharmaceutical for their heart ailments.
Brian Garrett of East Alton filed a lawsuit seeking at least $50,000 in damages against US Bank at Bethalto Airport for injuries he sustained in a fall in the bank's foyer.
Jeffrey McQuaid, who lived in government-funded housing in East Alton, is suing those who provided his shelter for at least $200,000 claiming he was seriously injured upon slipping and falling on an ice patch.
Tammy Spann of Wood River filed a dram shop lawsuit against American Legion Post 1167 in South Roxana Jan. 24 claiming she was severely and permanently injured after a drunken patron fell violently on her right side.
Karen Jackson filed suit Jan. 21 against Nicholas R. Troxell of East Alton seeking damages in excess of $50,000 for injuries she received in an auto accident.
US Attorney of the Southern District of Illinois Ronald J. Tenpas annouces charges handed down by the grand jury "Public office is a public trust, in turn public office confers on those who hold it, the highest obligations to obey the law," United States Attorney Ronald J. Tenpas stated as he announced the indictments of East St. Louis public officials on Jan. 21.
Simmons: No comment Local reaction to U.S. Senator Arlen Specter's (R-Pa.) recent proposal to create a $140 billion fund to compensate asbestos victims and cap liability for the businesses that pay into the coffer, was mute.
Madison County Transit (MCT) and one of its drivers, Tyrone Lucas, were struck by a lawsuit from passenger Carrie Latham Jan. 13 in Madison County Circuit Court.
Madison County Circuit Court's first asbestos case of 2005 was filed by Illinois resident Daisy Gardner, who claims she was diagnosed with mesothelioma on Aug. 10, 2004, after being exposed to asbestos products dating back to 1949.
East Alton plaintiff’s attorney Thomas Maag has apparently decided to drop a silly slander lawsuit he filed against Steve Tomaszewski, a former aide to newly-elected Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier.