Madison - St. Clair News

Recent News About Ford Motor Company

• Tuesday, May 1

  By The Madison County Record | Monday, Apr 30, 2007 @ 12:00pm

  9 a.m.

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• Friday, April 20

  By The Madison County Record | Thursday, Apr 12, 2007 @ 8:04am

  8:30 a.m.

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• April 2-6

  By Steve Gonzalez | Tuesday, Apr 3, 2007 @ 12:00pm

  Ampco-Pittsburgh

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• Colossal Ford class action set for decertification hearing March 30

  By Steve Korris | Monday, Mar 26, 2007 @ 8:46am

  Herzog Madison County Circuit Judge Andy Matoesian must decide whether to whittle down a colossal Lakin Law Firm class action against Ford Motor Company or shut it down.

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• Plaintiffs don't need 'perfect' knowledge of their Ford claim, attorney argues

  By Steve Korris | Wednesday, Mar 14, 2007 @ 9:56am

  Plaintiffs in a Lakin Law Firm class action suit over paint that flaked off Ford vehicles don't know the difference between two classes that former Madison County Circuit Judge Phillip Kardis certified in the suit.

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• March 12-16

  By Steve Gonzalez | Sunday, Mar 11, 2007 @ 6:44pm

  Allstate

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• Lakin firm picks class action prunes to pursue

  By Steve Korris | Thursday, Mar 8, 2007 @ 1:31am

  Brad Lakin While Lakin Law Firm attorneys let most of their class actions languish in Madison County, they pursue the ones with the greatest potential for embarrassment.

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• Friday, March 9

  By The Madison County Record | Wednesday, Mar 7, 2007 @ 5:19am

  9 a.m.

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• Birchfield, Watts make dynamic plaintiff's duo

  By Ann Knef | Friday, Mar 2, 2007 @ 5:17am

  Andy Birchfield Local attorney John Driscoll of St. Louis' Brown & Crouppen may have hand-carried Frank Schwaller's Vioxx claim to the Madison County Courthouse, but it is the confident, experienced out-of-state legal duo waging this court's first such battle.

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• Friday, March 2

  By The Madison County Record | Thursday, Mar 1, 2007 @ 5:29am

  9 a.m.

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• Friday, March 2

  By The Madison County Record | Thursday, Mar 1, 2007 @ 2:32am

  9 a.m.

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• Lakin class actions falling by the wayside

  By Steve Korris | Thursday, Mar 1, 2007 @ 1:17am

  Eighty days after Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron gave the Lakin Law Firm 30 days to rewrite a class action complaint demanding change on gift card purchases at Wal-Mart, the firm has not rewritten it.

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• Massachusetts mesothelioma victim files in Madison County

  By Steve Gonzalez | Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 @ 12:32am

  A Massachusetts man suffering from mesothelioma filed an asbestos suit in Madison County Circuit Court Feb. 15, claiming his disease was wrongfully caused.

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• Feb. 20-23

  By Steve Gonzalez | Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 @ 12:16am

  3M

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• Feb. 12-16

  By Steve Gonzalez | Friday, Feb 9, 2007 @ 6:41am

  3M

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• Friday, Feb. 16

  By The Madison County Record | Wednesday, Feb 7, 2007 @ 1:58pm

  9 a.m.

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• Ford hit with cruise control suit in Madison County

  By Steve Gonzalez | Tuesday, Feb 6, 2007 @ 4:19pm

  Brian Williams filed a personal injury suit against Ford Motor Co. in Madison County Circuit Court Feb. 2, claiming the cruise control in his 2004 Ford F-150 was defective and dangerous.

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• Feb. 5-9

  By Steve Gonzalez | Monday, Feb 5, 2007 @ 1:00am

  Abbott Labs

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• Friday, Feb. 9

  By The Madison County Record | Friday, Feb 2, 2007 @ 1:00pm

  9 a.m.

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• Six class actions filed against Ford in federal court

  By Steve Gonzalez | Thursday, Feb 1, 2007 @ 7:23am

  Jeffrey Lowe of St. Louis filed six class action suits in U.S. District Court Jan. 29, against Ford Motor Co. claiming certain Ford vehicles are defective and unsafe.

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