Pranaitis Collinsville attorney John Leskera is moving to dismiss a legal malpractice suit filed against him earlier this year by his former client, bar owner Gary Lutman.
Burke SPRINGFIELD – Hospitals that collect on liens against judgments in personal injury suits don't have to pay lawyers who win the suits, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled on March 24.
Mullendore MOUNT VERNON – Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder improperly certified a class action against Safeco Insurance, Fifth District appeals judges ruled on March 25.
Freeman SPRINGFIELD (Legal Newsline) - The Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week that a Northbrook woman cannot continue with her lawsuit against American Airlines over a $40 baggage fee.
Reeg Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. claims plaintiff Holiday Shores Sanitary District has turned a "good faith compromise" into a "wasteful sideshow" in a proposed Madison County class action over the herbicide atrazine.
Reitz SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Supreme Court Justices must decide whether to allow claims that asbestos caused disease in families of workers who brought fibers home on their clothing.
Knecht SPRINGFIELD – Defendants say they will appeal a recent McLean County jury's $90 million verdict in an asbestos conspiracy trial, but for practical purposes they already did.
Stack MOUNT VERNON – Former Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack abused his discretion when he certified a LakinChapman class action against Travelers Casualty and Surety, Fifth District appellate court judges ruled on March 14.
Kay State Rep. Dwight Kay (R-Glen Carbon) is sponsoring civil justice reform legislation that targets joint and several liability, venue and premises liability.
Baricevic MOUNT VERNON – St. Clair County Chief Judge John Baricevic harbored no prejudice when he sentenced Bobby Williams to life in prison for killing store clerk Sharon Bushong, Fifth District appeals judges decided on March 8.
Reeg Attorneys for the defendant in one of a series of proposed class actions over the weed killer atrazine are calling on a Madison County Judge to quash hearing notices they say are "an abuse of the discovery process."
Harrison Retired Illinois Supreme Court Justices Moses Harrison of Caseyville and Philip Rarick of Troy enjoy the best judicial pensions in the state, according to a top 100 list produced by the National Taxpayers United of Illinois.
Mudge Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge will hear motions Friday in a suit brought by two Bethalto parents who claim that his doctor gave their son drugs that did not prevent seizures that resulted in his hospitalization.
Trela MOUNT VERNON – St. Clair County Associate Judge Andrew Gleeson lacked jurisdiction when he ordered owners of a Maryland bank to pay Amiel Cueto $7.4 million, a lawyer for the owners told Fifth District appellate justices on March 1.