Brad Lakin With more than $40 million at stake in a personal injury verdict, jurors have begun considering whether Ford Motor Co. is responsible for the death of John Jablonski Sr. and the severe injuries sustained by his wife, Dora.
Cashiers do not give change when shoppers make purchases with gift cards, but three-time class action plaintiff Ashley Peach thinks they should. And now, the 19-year-old shopper from Granite City has an opportunity to influence how American retailers do business.
Ford 2000 E-350 While the Ford-tough legal team battles a fuel tank explosion trial in Madison County, another lawsuit against the auto giant has erupted in St. Clair County.
Jay Hoffman Plaintiff's attorney and Illinois State Rep. Jay Hoffman (D-112) filed a personal injury lawsuit on behalf of his client Gurvir Grewal in St. Clair County Circuit Court April 6--a day in which the state legislature was in session.
A Madison County court demands taxpayers fork over $100 grand in “damages” to his client because Granite City officially let her buy a house that had a leaky roof—allegedly.
Kevin Link, a home repairman in Granite City, got caught in a legal web. In the course of helping people improve their lots in life, Granite City home repairman Kevin Link was caught in a legal web strung by an opportunistic plaintiff and her attorney.
Pointing to a mound of black dirt in the yard of his current home repair project on Elm Street in Granite City, Kevin Link lamented, "There's a kid that works at McDonald's that asked me for work. If I had not paid a thousand in legal fees, I could have paid him to move this dirt."
Fashion Bug on Nameoki Road in Granite City A woman who filed three class action lawsuits against retailers because she was not issued cash for unused gift card balances, will be in court for a case management conference on March 31 against Fashion Bug.
Granite City Chiropractor Mark Eavenson, who has filed at least 23
class action cases against insurance companies in Madison County Circuit Court, will be in court March 31 for a case management conference in his suit against Corvel Corp.
If it were a basketball game, the story of the Madison County trial lawyer who got so creative he accidentally sued himself would already be on ESPN’s Classic Sports. Even deep in America’s “Judicial Hellhole,” it’s the stuff of legends.
Peel A class action lawsuit filed against a mortgage company over a $9.46 claim almost settled when the temptation of $25,000 was dangled in front of the plaintiffs.
James and Debra Lambrich filed a whopping 25-count, $2 million suit claiming Cassens Transport Company, Cassens Corp., Crawford & Company, Dwight Kay and Tina Litwiller, retaliated against James after he filed multiple workers’ compensation claims.
Alton attorney Emert Wyss thought he could make money in a Madison County class action lawsuit, but he accidentally sued himself instead. Now he has four law firms after his money - and he hired all four.
Arie Earl Gillespie filed a Jones Act suit in Madison County Circuit Court March 9 against Marquette Transportation Company for injuries he received while working as the chief engineer aboard the M/V Stephen Colby on Feb. 11, 2004.
Painter Luke Lindau lives in Chicago’s northwest suburbs. But when Lindau wanted to sue his former employers for allegedly exposing him to asbestos, he headed south for justice. To the suburbs of St. Louis, that is.