Steve Reeb After decades of carrying the voice for southern Illinois Republicans, the Metro-East lost its leadership reign over the 12th Congressional District.
St. Louis plaintiff’s attorney Stephen Tillery’s Madison County lawsuit against South African diamond maker DeBeers uses as its rationale a claim that the company is a “cartel.”
Despite Governor Blagojevich's recent actions to cut state pensions to plug massive holes in the state budget, his Administration reportedly is proposing to filter $3 million to $4 million in taxpayer money to a proposed baseball stadium project involving top Democratic political contributor and wealthy Metro-East trial lawyer John Simmons.
Kathleen Clark Suspended from practicing law for a year after improperly soliciting personal injury clients in West Virginia, Madison County plaintiff's attorney Thomas Lakin could face sanctions in Illinois by Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC).
One of the most active asbestos litigation firms in Illinois, Simmons Cooper of Madison County, apparently is shifting much of its asbestos practice -- and some of its political involvement -- to Delaware amid repeated indications that the judicial environment in Madison County is changing for the better.
Steven Hutchens, who filed a Jones Act claim against Lewis & Clark Marine of Granite City in June 2002, will have to wait until January 23, 2006 for his trial to begin. A jury trial was set to begin July 11, but Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron rescheduled it.
As all who care already know, the Illinois state legislature met in final session last month. Showing the courage and moral integrity of the French Army, they buckled in to political pressure and passed a medical malpractice bill.
Troyce Wolf Two asbestos trials, two plaintiffs leave the Madison County courthouse with nothing. Sources tell Dicta it didn’t really have to be that way.
Gordon Maag The $110 million defamation lawsuit filed by Gordon E. Maag, who lost a costly and contentious race for Illinois Supreme Court justice last November, was dismissed by Seventh Circuit Judge Patrick Kelley today.
Belleville attorney Stephen McGlynn has been named appellate judge of the 5th Judicial Circuit to fill the vacancy that will be left by Judge Clyde Kuehn, whose temporary assignment ends July 7.
Mark McKenna Case files at Madison County's courthouse hold wondrous stories for the world to read. But the most amazing stories are kept under seal by order of the court.