EAST ST. LOUIS – James Fleming, former owner of Guarantee Comfort and Energy, owes the Internal Revenue Service $477,728.01 in payroll taxes he didn’t withhold plus 15 years of penalties.
A St. Louis law firm and two attorneys are petitioning the Illinois Supreme Court to review the Fifth District Appellate Court’s ruling that punitive damages are recoverable in legal malpractice cases.
SPRINGFIELD – Supreme Court Justices decided to review a ruling that Midwest Sanitary Services of Wood River can seek reimbursement of a verdict for punitive damages through a legal malpractice suit.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Pizza buyers Jamie Jackson and Trenton McDonald dismissed class claims over labels on Red Baron pizzas rather than exercise their last chance to state their case.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Lawyer Paul Evans of O’Fallon drew St. Clair County board districts according to the 2020 census and offered his map in U.S. district court to replace the one passed by the board in May based on population estimates.
EAST ST. LOUIS – St. Clair County board members who trusted estimates when they drew districts missed the mark by more than 1,000 in seven districts and more than 400 in 11 others, according to lawyer Paul Evans of O’Fallon. There are 29 board districts.
EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge David Dugan held importer Global Vasion liable for the death of Floyd Scott of New Minden on Aug. 11, finding by default judgment that its electric socks caused his death.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Lawyers in a mass action over fiberglass in mattresses asked U.S. District Judge David Dugan to cancel a crucial hearing, stating they were engaged in good faith discussions to resolve their issues.
Madison County has reached an undisclosed settlement with the Veterans’ Assistance Commission (VAC) and Superintendent Bradley Lavite in a lawsuit alleging the department has been underfunded by more than $1 million.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Two local men who claim Red Baron pizza labels deceived them must produce grocery receipts whether Red Baron purchases appear on the receipts or not, U.S. District Judge David Dugan ruled on June 8.
WASHINGTON – As national litigation against Syngenta starts in Illinois, a judge who approved a $1.5 billion settlement of national litigation against Syngenta must resolve a $20 million dispute over fees.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Young adults Mitchell Nalley of St. Clair County, David Meyer of Fayette County, and Eva Davis of Kendall County are challenging state law that won’t let them carry firearms until they turn 21.
The Fifth District Appellate Court gave Bradley Lavite, Superintendent of the Veterans Assistance Commission of Madison County, until June 1 to file a reply brief in his appeal involving a $1 million funding dispute.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Phillips 66, defending a complaint that heat and poison at its Wood River refinery damaged the brain of outside worker Joe Hemmer, claims his employer’s failures caused his injuries.
MOUNT VERNON – Former Madison County circuit judge David Dugan improperly ordered Alton to issue a building permit for Ed Hightower’s Sunnybrook apartment project, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on April 28.
The Fifth District Appellate Court held that punitive damages are recoverable in legal malpractice cases, concluding that in such circumstances the punitive damages are “compensatory in nature.”
EAST ST. LOUIS – River worker Troy Hawks of Kentucky settled a suit against Luhr Brothers marine services of Columbia a day before a hearing on a motion to dismiss the suit as a sanction for perjury.
Madison County Circuit Judge Christopher Threlkeld of Edwardsville will run next year as a Republican candidate for the resident judgeship he currently holds by appointment.
