Attorneys on opposite sides of a national class action suit over medical payments thought they had settled, but they forgot to check with Colorado participants.
Judge Andy Matoesian, with an "e" In movies with absurd courtroom plots, the climax often involves a judge whose patient questioning draws him ever deeper into hopeless perplexity.
Undeterred by a voided judgment that would in effect close the case, plaintiff Armettia Peach intends to continue her quest in Madison County Circuit Court to collect the price of a house she did not buy.
tardy Exactly one hour and four minutes after Governor Blagojevich was to have shown for the medical malpractice bill signing, a legislator, cell phone handy, called the governor’s chief of staff and demanded, “Where the heck is he?”
'Patients for Justice' Kathy Ghawi shows pictures of her husband who had the wrong side of his brain operated on. For some, enactment of medical liability reform is a cruel reality.
Blagojevich Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is expected to sign the state's medical malpractice reform bill into law Thursday at Saint Anthony's Hospital in Alton.
Charles L. Armbruster of the Lakin Law Firm in Wood River filed two personal injury lawsuits against CSX Transportation on behalf of Kentucky clients Norman L. Capps and Ronnie Frederick in St. Clair County Circuit Court Aug. 12.
Faulty mechanics are blamed in a $450,000 lawsuit lodged against U-Haul International in Madison County Circuit Court after a driver crashed the truck during a cross country trip.
Gov. Rod Blagojevich Sources tell Dicta that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is poised to finally sign into law that medical malpractice reform bill passed by the state legislature last spring, and he’ll do it with Metro East as his backdrop.
Circuit Judge George Moran A diner at a popular Mexican restaurant in Collinsville, who claims she slipped and fell on an uneven floor, will have her day in court Feb. 21, 2006.
Judge Matoesian In its fight against a Madison County Circuit Court judgment, Granite City attorney Jane Unsell learned she cannot question the characters whose dubious real estate transaction ended up costing the city $104,259.17.
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).
Effinger Garden Center in Belleville The mother of a girl who was allegedly bitten by a labrador retriever at Effinger Garden Center in Belleville filed a 10-count suit in St. Clair County Circuit Court claiming the attack caused serious injuries to her daughter and a fear of dogs in herself.
Thomas Lakin Lakin Law Firm founder Thomas Lakin has been barred from practicing law in West Virginia for a year and the Wood River plaintiff's firm also is facing sanctions, according to an Illinois Civil Justice League report issued Monday.
Ashley Peach of Granite City, who filed class action suits against Wal-Mart and K-Mart for refusing to give change on gift cards, has fallen behind in pursuing the cases.
Now that St. Clair County’s Stephen McGlynn has put on the appellate court robes, the Metro East needs a new representative on the beleaguered Illinois GOP’s ruling board.