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Put a moratorium on EtO protests
After negotiating with Republicans in Congress and agreeing to the terms of a coronavirus response bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer suddenly announced that the bill they’d agreed to wasn’t good enough, that it needed to be scrapped, and that the negotiation process would have to start all over. -
IL SC orders appellate court to hear question on punitive damages in legal malpractice suit
The Illinois Supreme Court has ordered the Fifth District Appellate Court to hear an appeal from a St. Louis law firm and two attorneys on the question of whether or not punitive damages are recoverable in a legal malpractice suit. -
Potentially dangerous chemicals found at Belleville base, Air Force confirms
Scott Air Force Base is one of more than 400 Armed Forces facilities where chemicals used in fire-fighting foam may have leaked into groundwater and area drinking supplies. -
How to plug big-time shortfalls in police and fire pension funds? Some cities are selling sewer systems for big bucks
Policy expert cautions against selling off city assets for quick fix: "You can only sell your car once to make your house payment." -
Dugan grants certification of punitive damages recovery question in suit over $785K jury verdict
Madison County Circuit Judge David Dugan granted a St. Louis law firm and two attorneys’ request to certify the question of whether or not punitive damages are recoverable in a legal malpractice suit alleging negligent representation resulted in a $785,000 jury verdict for former Midwest Sanitary Service employee Paul Crane Jr. -
St. Louis law firm asks Dugan to reconsider ruling denying dismissal in suit over $785K jury verdict
A St. Louis law firm and two attorneys argue that Madison County Circuit Judge David Dugan erred when he denied their motion to dismiss a legal malpractice suit alleging negligent representation resulted in a $785,000 jury verdict. -
SALVI SCHOSTOK & PRITCHARD: Sterigenics Victims’ Attorneys Sound Alarm at Polluter’s Surprise Agreement With Ag
Attorneys for the victims who have been sickened because they lived close to Sterigenics, a Willowbrook medical equipment sterilization company, spoke out on Thursday after the Attorney General’s Office and the DuPage County State’s Attorney submitted a consent order agreement with Sterigenics in the Dupage County Circuit Court that could allow Sterigenics to reopen its doors for the first time since being shut down on February 15. -
Edwardsville law firm ordered to respond in legal malpractice suit over $785K jury verdict
Madison County Circuit Judge David Dugan granted Midwest Sanitary Service’s motion to compel an Edwardsville law firm and two attorneys to answer interrogatories in a legal malpractice suit alleging negligent representation resulted in a $785,000 jury verdict. -
Midwest Sanitary Service says recovery of punitive damages proper in legal malpractice suit over $785K verdict
Midwest Sanitary Service and two employees urge Madison County Circuit Judge David Dugan to deny an Edwardsville law firm’s motion to dismiss a legal malpractice suit alleging negligent representation resulted in a $780,000 jury verdict. -
Trucking company alleges East St. Louis property not in violation of Clean Water Act
BENTON — A trucking company is suing the EPA, alleging it has been wrongfully accused of violating the Clean Water Act. -
Motion to dismiss taken under advisement in legal malpractice suit over $785,000 Madison County jury verdict
Madison County Circuit Judge David Dugan took an Edwardsville law firm’s motion to dismiss under advisement in a former client’s legal malpractice lawsuit alleging negligent representation resulted in a $780,000 jury verdict. -
Landowners near polluted Hartford want lawsuit against 3,500 defendants delayed another year
BENTON – Owners of land south of Hartford who sued 3,500 defendants over pollution and froze the proceedings for a year have asked for another year. -
Dugan partially grants motion to dismiss legal malpractice suit involving $780K Madison County jury verdict
Madison County Circuit Judge David Dugan granted in part an Edwardsville law firm and two attorneys’ motion to dismiss a former client’s legal malpractice lawsuit alleging negligent representation resulted in a $780,000 jury verdict. -
Sandberg Phoenix, attorneys argue legal malpractice suit over $785K verdict is deficient
An Edwardsville law firm and two attorneys seek to dismiss a former client’s legal malpractice lawsuit alleging negligent representation resulted in a $785,000 jury verdict in Madison County. -
Midwest Sanitary Service sues St. Louis law firm over $785K jury verdict
EDWARDSVILLE – A company alleges the result of a trial would have been different if not for the negligence of a St. Louis law firm. -
Landowners near Chemetco Superfund site dismiss more than 300 defendants from suit
BENTON – Landowners who sued about 3,500 defendants for contribution to a Superfund project near Hartford have dismissed more than 300 defendants who didn’t so much as file an answer. -
In latest decision over Superfund site, court finds in favor of toxic waste haulage company
In the most recent judgment linked to the legacy of widespread contamination at and surrounding two industrial sites in St. Clair County, an appeals court has ruled in favor of a trucking company accused of contributing to the pollution, and against its insurer. -
Illinois attorney general taking increasing consumer-activism role
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has, for much of her career as the state’s top law enforcer, put a strong focus on consumer protection and related activities. -
Government needs to stop picking energy winners and losers
Illinois corn farmers and ethanol producers have benefitted from the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which has effectively created a sustainable and independent market for conventional ethanol. -
Report: Union employee funding practice costs taxpayers
CHICAGO – A recent report reveals the legal practice of “official time,” under which government agencies pay staff on a full-time basis to work for a labor union rather than for taxpayers, comes with a hefty price tag.