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Attorney Lee Barron filed a countersuit against former clients, alleging they failed to fully pay him for his services and then accused him of retaining additional attorney’s fees in a legal malpractice lawsuit.
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The Fifth District Appellate Court affirmed a Madison County jury’s verdict and Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth’s handling of a truck driver’s whistleblower suit alleging he was terminated after reporting his employer for allegedly inappropriately dumping toxic substances.
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Ten civil cases arising from Madison and St. Clair counties will be argued at the Fifth District Appellate Court this week.
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An auto body shop alleges a former employee failed to exhaust her administrative remedies before filing a lawsuit alleging she was discriminated against due to her pregnancy.
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EDWARDSVILLE — An Illinois woman is suing a Madison County auto body business, alleging pregnancy discrimination.
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EDWARDSVILLE — A Madison County man is suing a local company where he once worked as legal counsel, alleging unpaid wages of $700,000.
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EAST ST. LOUIS — An African-American woman is suing a Granite City health care facility, alleging racial discrimination.
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EAST ST. LOUIS — A woman suffering from multiple sclerosis is suing a school district, alleging disability discrimination.
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EDWARDSVILLE — A Madison County man is suing a local restaurant and its owners, alleging failure to pay proper overtime.
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EDWARDSVILLE — A Madison County car mechanic is suing a Midas store in Glen Carbon, alleging he was fired without proper cause.
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Story CopyRacial discrimination claims against a temporary staffing company have been dismissed with prejudice, but they remain against The Steel Works of Granite City.
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BENTON – A female educator is suing Southern Illinois University, alleging discrimination in her attempt to secure a job.
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Madison County saw 11 civil jury trials go all the way to verdict in 2015 with Madison County juries awarding a total of $830,028 this year in four of those cases.Of those jury verdicts in favor of the plaintiffs, two of those cases were personal injury lawsuits arising out of car accidents. The other two cases alleged wrongful termination and fraud. Of the 11 jury verdicts, seven cases ended in defense verdicts. Seven cases were law cases and four were arbitration cases that could not reach agr
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Jurors awarded a former truck driver $785,000 in a case alleging he was terminated for retaliatory discharge after reporting his employer for allegedly inappropriately dumping toxic substances.
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Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth is presiding over a trial this week in a case alleging a man was terminated from Midwest Sanitary Service after he reported his employer for allegedly inappropriately dumping toxic substances.
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A dump truck driver is suing a woman who caused him injury when she ran her car into the back of his truck at an intersection.
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The defendant in a truck driver’s lawsuit alleging unpaid wages and wrongful termination for refusing to disobey traffic laws has denied liability and claims the plaintiff has already been paid what was owed to him under Illinois wage laws.
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WattsAn Illinois agriculture construction company has filed a counterclaim alleging defamation against a former employee after he accused the defendant of firing him for refusing to be part of an alleged insurance fraud scheme.In a Sept. 29 lawsuit, plaintiff Steven Dion Vinyard says he began working for defendant Bob Lamb Inc. in June 1993 building grain elevators and other farm equipment. In June
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A Godfrey rehab facility accused of lying to keep an employee from working for a competing company has denied the allegations against it.
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An Illinois agricultural construction company is accused of firing an employee when he refused to be part of the company's alleged insurance fraud scheme.
