A group of African American employees have filed racial discrimination lawsuits against Empire Comfort Systems over a child’s controversial drawing in a 2019 company calendar, which sparked Black Lives Matter protests in June 2020.
SPRINGFIELD – Resources of St. Clair County associate judges range from relative comfort to a type of strain that affects a significant swath of the American population – student loan debt – according to a review of their statements of economic interest filed with the Illinois Supreme Court.
BELLEVILLE – Attorney Barry Julian’s appointment as an associate judge in Madison County shocked many in Illinois due to his perceived wealth from having built one of the nation’s largest asbestos firms, but St. Clair County voters choose circuit judges from the same high class.
JEFFERSON CITY – Speaking for the Missouri Association of Trial Lawyers in opposing a bill that would tighten jurisdiction over civil suits, injury attorney Brett Emison argued that cities produce better trials because jurors have time and resources to sit for weeks, whereas jury prospects in rural counties have to get their crops in.
Madison County circuit judge candidate Mark Rabe said his experience as an attorney for Boeing offers a “different level of diversity” to a court dominated by Democratic judges and driven by a “green wave” of plaintiff bar funding.
St. Clair County Associate Judge Chris Kolker granted dismissal in an East St. Louis man’s lawsuit alleging the Emerson Park Station lacked proper security when he was shot by “ruffians.”
Bi-State Development Agency seeks to dismiss an East St. Louis man’s suit alleging he was shot at the Emerson Park station, arguing that it is immune from liability.
The Fifth District Appellate Court heard oral arguments on June 13 in two consolidated appeals stemming from Gov. Bruce Rauner’s declaration that negotiations with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) have reached impasse and that workers’ contracts have expired.
