Madison County Associate Judge Barbara Crowder raised $63,240 in the first half of 2006, according to records filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections July 27.
A mandatory arbitration program for Madison County has been unanimously approved by the circuit judges of the Third Judicial Circuit, according to a press release issued by Chief Judge Ann Callis.
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier has asked straight shootin' Judge Lola Maddox if she wouldn't mind staying on for another two-year hitch, sources tell Dicta, just in case one of the three judges running for retention in the Third Circuit gets knocked off in the Nov. 7 general election.
Justice Spomer The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael O'Malley erred in denying a motion to transfer a Vioxx class action lawuit to Cook County.
John Simmons Victims' advocate Judy Buckles once said, "Madison County is the best when it comes to representing asbestos victims and their families." On Wednesday she filed a legal malpractice suit against two of the county's busiest asbestos litigators.
Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron As class action plaintiffs, Myron Billups and Patricia Singleton lasted five years at the Madison County courthouse. As regular citizens they did not last a month.
Justice Spomer The Illinois Appellate Court unanimously reversed Madison County Circuit Court Judge Nicholas Byron's decision to deny US Bank's motion to dismiss a 2003 class action lawsuit. The July 7 decision, which effectively dissolves the case, asserts the plaintiffs "do not have standing."
It wasn't a local story, but last week Honda chose a site in Indiana over East Central Illinois for its new $400 million manufacturing plant--- one that will eventually be worth 2,000 new high-paying jobs.
Madison County Circuit Judge Andy Matoesian keeps preparing for a class certification hearing in a suit over railroad right of way, but the parties keep putting it off.
CHARLESTON, WV - Bart Morris of Virginia suffered an injury on his job in Virginia operating a forklift that an Ohio company made, but the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has decided that he can sue for damages in West Virginia.
Instead of a classic movie line or title, today's column uses as its metaphor the yet-to-be released World War II saga of the battle of Iwo Jima, "Flags of Our Fathers."
Attorney Ed Unsell claims Thomas Lakin's attorney asked for a settlement demand regarding the highly publicized civil sexual assault lawsuit filed against Lakin and his sons originally under seal on April 21 in Madison County Circuit Court.
Suspended attorney Carol Cagle will receive $1,000 from the Lakin Law Firm to settle a claim that the firm wrongly withheld fees from her in a personal injury case.
Madison County Circuit Judge Don Weber granted Equicredit's motion for summary judgment and dismissed a $30 courier fee class action case brought by the Lakin Law Firm.