MT. VERNON – St. Clair County associate judge Brian Babka unfairly rejected a woman’s evidence and testimony in a dispute over a dead man’s assets, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on Aug. 11. They honored a receipt that Babka ignored, showing Sandea White of Belleville surrendered a coin collection and vehicle titles to the estate of John Tate.
St. Clair County plaintiffs suing General Motors over allegedly defective engine and ignition key switches have filed a third amended complaint involving the car manufacturer’s post-bankruptcy conduct after a recent judgment in federal bankruptcy court.
Forty-six attorneys have filed applications for the five associate judge vacancies in the Third Judicial Circuit, including the ones who were not re-appointed to terms that would have begun July 1 - Duane L.
U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap ordered guardrail maker Trinity Industries to pay $464 million to a federal government that didn’t ask for it, improving the chances that St. Clair County can secure a hefty sum on behalf of all Illinois counties.
After declaring his intention to approve a Madison County bid rigging class action, visiting judge William Becker filed his official order granting class certification on June 16. He originally noted his approval of class certification on May 6, but postponed an official order until after the June 4 status conference to hear from the defendants if they planned to appeal. The class consists of anyone who owned a parcel of property that was sold at a Madison County tax sale auction from 2005 to
Former Madison County treasurer Fred Bathon will be out of prison on Thursday, one year earlier than his original sentence mandated. Bathon was sentenced in federal court in December 2013 to 30 months in prison for rigging county tax sales.
CavataioSandberg Phoenix shareholder and managing partner of the firm’s O’Fallon office Lorraine Cavataio was recently named an Illinois Super Lawyer in the area of Estate Planning & Probate and was recognized by Althoff Catholic High School as one of its top 50 Distinguished Alumni on the celebration of the school’s 50th anniversary.Super Lawyers rates attorneys who have attained a high-degree