Plaintiff attorney Thomas Maag The old rule, "Three strikes and you're out," does not apply to Bancorp banking company as it defends itself in a proposed Madison County class action suit.
Attorneys for Accredited Home Lenders thought the Illinois Supreme Court's Aug. 18 decision in Avery vs. State Farm might stop a class action suit against their client, but Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron disagreed.
Cincinnati Insurance Company removed a Madison County class action case to U.S. District Court Dec. 29, arguing that the amended complaint adds new claims that do not relate to the original suit.
Lakin attorney Richard Burke Automobile insurers have agreed to pay about $92 million to settle a Madison County class action suit over the values the insurers assigned to wrecked vehicles.
Chiropractor Mark Eavenson, who has filed more class action lawsuits in Madison County than anyone else, has violated a divorce court order by treating marital funds "like his own personal cookie jar," according to his wife, Laura J. Eavenson.
Editor's note: In 2005, the number of class action lawsuits dropped almost in half from the previous year, marking a turning point of sorts in Madison County.
Attorney Thomas Maag of the Lakin Law Firm thought he could press a leaky roof claim out of client Armettia Peach in two courts at once, but Madison County Circuit Judge Andy Matoesian has temporarily closed his courtroom to Maag and Peach.
Gordon Maag While Gordon Maag's attorney simultaneously prosecutes separate $110 million defamation lawsuits in federal and state court, defendants are angling to make them go away.
Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron Three years ago, auto insurer GEICO urged Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron not to certify a policyholder’s lawsuit as a national class action until the Illinois Supreme Court decided the similar case of Avery vs. State Farm.
Byron certified a national class action anyway.
Judge George Moran Third Circuit Judge George Moran, Jr. plans to run for retention next year, sans the endorsement of Madison County’s Democratic Party. He officially filed the requisite papers on Halloween.
As attorney Gary Peel seeks relief in bankruptcy court from obligations to former wife Deborah J. Peel, he also seeks relief from obligations to their three children.
Gary Peel U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Gerald Fines of Danville will decide whether attorney Gary Peel’s bankruptcy petition relieves him of obligations to former wife Deborah J. Peel.
Home remodeler Kevin Link of Granite City has moved to dismiss himself from a lawsuit that Armettia Peach filed over an alleged leaky roof at a home each of them once owned.