Judge Matoesian Madison County Title Company--hired by Granite City in its bid to throw out a court judgment in a suit over a house--confirmed what the Madison County Record reported in April. The person who obtained the judgment did not buy the house.
Armettia Peach's class action lawsuit against CIM Insurance of Southfield, Mich. will be in court before Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron June 29 on a defense motion to dismiss.
A 25-count lawsuit seeking $2 million in damages from a Metro-East trucking firm and its employees, is set for hearing on a defense motion to dismiss on June 29 at 9.a.m.
A five-year-old class action case filed against Allstate Insurance will be in court June 29 for a case management conference with Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron presiding.
Ashley Peach of Granite City, who filed class action suits against three stores for refusing to give change on gift card purchases, has dropped one of the suits.
Springfield resident Rodney Hale filed a six-count lawsuit against three area bars and their respective owners in Madison County Circuit Court May 11 seeking damages stemming from a May 16, 2004, car accident in which he was struck by a vehicle while walking in the road.
Melissa Chapman Appellate Justices’ Melissa Chapman, Clyde Kuehn and James Donovan reversed a motion to compel arbitration that Madison County Circuit Judge Philip Kardis denied in October 2003 in a class action case against Cingular Wireless.
Tom Lakin Of all the potential jurors in a county with a population of 258,941 (U.S. Census, 2000), one of the 12 sitting members in Jablonski v. Ford was a former college roommate of Thomas Lakin, founder of the Lakin Law Firm in Wood River, and father of the trial's plaintiff attorney, Bradley Lakin.
James Feeney Jurors contacted in the wake of a recent $43 million verdict against Ford Motor Co. did not want to talk about their monumental decision.
“It’s over and done with,” said juror Roy Bennington by phone. “I don’t think I want to comment. Mum’s the word.” Then he hung up on a reporter who called him at his Granite City home.
The perils of faulty equipment, mental anguish and a deprived wife prompted an injured Illinois trucker to file a $400,000 suit April 25 in Madison County Circuit Court against his employer and big rig manufacturers.
During a smoke break outside of 1 Metropolitan Centre in downtown St. Louis, Jessica Hall of Granite City fumed about having to pay a $150 contract cancellation fee to her wireless phone provider. Little did she know at the time that her private conversation was being overheard by plaintiff attorney Matt Armstrong.
Bradley Lakin A Madison County jury has returned with a verdict of $43 million for the family of a man burned to death after a speeding woman rammed into his Lincoln Town Car and it burst into flames