The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois reported the following activity in the suit brought by Keri Carter and Robin L. Carter against Chevron U., Inc., Syngenta Agent and Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC on Feb. 1.
A St. Clair County jury returned a defense verdict in favor of Taco Bell in a suit alleging a woman was injured when she slipped and fell on compacted snow and ice outside the O’Fallon restaurant.
U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) voted for the Strategic Production Response Act, which would require the Secretary of Energy to develop a plan to increase oil and gas production on federal land should a president dip into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for any future non-emergency situation.
EDWARDSVILLE – A former Allied Waste Transportation employee claims he was wrongfully terminated for seeking worker's compensation benefits after he was injured on the job.
CARMI – Circuit judges can’t enforce constitutional requirements for passing legislation, Governor Pritzker’s lawyer told White County Circuit Judge Scott Webb at a Jan. 25 hearing for a temporary restraining order on a gun law Pritzker signed on Jan. 10.
Maybe you thought that the farther away we got from Covid and post-George Floyd violence, the steadier and stronger would be Chicago’s recovery from the crime that plagued the city in 2020 and 2021. But a slew of year-end data show Chicago is still mired in crime. All in all, it’s a portrait of a city stuck in an abyss.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Attorney general Kwame Raoul has ignored Chief U. S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel’s order to pay Carbondale lawyer Shari Rhode $1,350 for discovery violations in a discrimination suit.
EAST ST. LOUIS - A former employee of the Buncombe Public Water District claims she was expected to help two male coworkers perform their job duties without additional compensation.
Gov. Pritzker continued to tout his first-term “accomplishments,” this time as part of his second inaugural speech. Included were his usual lines about paying down the state’s unpaid bills, balancing the budget and garnering credit upgrades for the state.
Madison County Sheriff Jeff Connor and State’s Attorney Tom Haine issued a joint statement in opposition to the new weapons ban, saying it is “in obvious tension with Supreme Court precedent on the Second Amendment” and vowing to focus on reducing violent crime instead of enforcing the weapons registration.
MOUNT VERNON – Madison County Circuit Judge Christopher Threlkeld correctly ruled that Bubby and Sissy’s bar in Alton didn’t cause Lori Schnaare to fall down its stairs, according to Fifth District appellate judges.
Miami-Date County petitioned the bankruptcy court to provide relief from a stay in litigation so it can remove FTX from the arena name for the Miami Heat basketball team.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Penn-Star Insurance Company has removed a lawsuit to federal court, which claims that the insurance company refuses to pay a claim on a property that burned down.
You will get crumbs and you will shut up about it. That might as well be the openly stated policy of Illinois’ Democratic establishment toward employers and toward any of the few lawmakers who stick up for employers.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Madison County employees taunted and harassed former map and plat technician Janice Koehler according to a suit Michael Gras of Brentwood, Mo. filed in U.S. district court on Dec. 12.
