Harrison It's been about three months since Madison County Associate Judge Clarence Harrison eliminated the court's 2013 advance setting of asbestos trial weeks, but some members of the local legal community said they are already seeing the effects of the judge's decision.
Champlin Bond Drug Company is fighting a lawsuit filed against the company by a woman who claims she was hit in the face by several falling Jell-O boxes as she was shopping at the Granite City Walgreen's.
Reda An attorney from Edwardsville filed a lawsuit June 25 in Madison County against State Farm Insurance after the company allegedly refused to pay damages for his St. Louis home after the roof sustained hail damage.
Collins A suspended Edwardsville police officer accused of using his cell phone to take a nude video of a woman at the Image Sun Tanning Salon in Glen Carbon says he needs additional time to prepare an appropriate response to a lawsuit filed against him.
Spomer The Fifth District Appellate Court has reversed a Madison County judge's certification of a class action lawsuit against Met Life and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co.
Jump Starting next week, trial judges throughout the state will have the discretion to let jurors in civil trials submit written questions directed at witnesses.
Pictured from left, front row: Samantha Wehrle, Madison Klope, Jenna Smith and Corinisha Barnes. Second row from left: Evan Buenger, Nic Harkey and Sterling Bram Coleman-Selby. Seven local students from four high schools are the first participants in the Madison County Internship Program (MCIP), started by the Madison County Bar Association and the Third Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee.
Wagner Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth on Wednesday reset a case management conference to July 25 in a man's lawsuit against more than 60 defendant companies claiming he was exposed to benzene while working as a pipefitter from 1970-2008. Because of his exposure, he developed acute myelogenous leukemia and was diagnosed with cancer, he claims.
Spomer An appellate court judge says he would favor law eradicating forum shopping by limiting venue to the county or counties where the action takes place.
Broom A surviving wife has filed suit against the manufacturer of a propane tank, which she claims created a tank that allowed users to die from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Reiter Chicago attorney Catherine C. Reiter has been named in the top 50 women lawyers for the second consecutive year. Super Lawyers magazine is published by Minneapolis-based Law & Politics.
Broom HeplerBroom announces that 10 of its attorneys have been named 2012 Illinois Super Lawyers and five of its attorneys have been named Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Stars.