Cueto SPRINGFIELD – Bi-State Development Agency commissioners anxiously wait for the Illinois Supreme Court to decide whether the agency enjoys the same protections from personal injury claims as cities and counties.
Scalia WASHINGTON – When an agreement to arbitrate disputes contains an agreement to arbitrate disputes over arbitration, an arbitrator and not a judge must determine the validity of the entire agreement, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June.
Matoesian Even though he faces no opposition in November's general election, candidate for Madison County circuit judge Bill Mudge said there are costs associated with being on the ballot.
The Rules Committee of the Illinois State Supreme Court is asking the public for its opinion on three proposals for changes to the civil discovery process.
The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday appointed Associate Judge Richard A. Brown to fill the circuit court vacancy created by the retirement of Judge William A. Schuwerk Jr., resident circuit judge of Randolph County in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit.
Stack Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack is set to give the final go ahead to a $21 million settlement in a long running class action suit brought by small business owners against AT&T.
Although no hearing took place as scheduled Wednesday, a Madison County dispute over a suspended attorney's lien in a personal injury case has been resolved.
Stack The plaintiffs in a case stemming from a boy's electrical shock are asking a Madison County judge to sort out what, if anything, their former attorney is owed.
Schottel BELLEVILLE – Parents of murder victim Jennifer Anderson waited in vain all day last Thursday for a $1,600 refund from a lawyer they expected to dig into their daughter's death.
MOUNT VERNON – Madison County judges kept a car crash lawsuit for 10 years when it always belonged in Missouri, according to Fifth District appeals judges.
Schottel A St. Louis attorney claims he cannot be held in contempt of a St. Clair County court because he has never withdrawn from wrongful death case that saw his last appearance in a courtroom in January.
Carroll A May 19 settlement in a Maryland federal court may put the brakes on two Madison County class action suits brought over alleged mutual fund mismanagement.
Chapman An employer who allows its workers to bring home clothing contaminated with asbestos fibers is responsible for any disease that worker or his immediate family members contract as a result of exposure to the carcinogenic fibers, justices for the Fifth District Appellate Court of Illinois have ruled.
O'Malley Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier announced that the application process has begun to fill the vacancy that will be created by retiring St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael O'Malley.
Murnane A leading Illinois tort reform advocate calls a Georgia law that could curtail potentially frivolous litigation as one that "makes sense and protects taxpayers."