A woman who tripped and fell while attempting to enter a Madison County Transit bus has filed a personal injury lawsuit, alleging MCT failed to provide a safe means of egress onto the bus.
Richard Dermott is seeking in excess of $50,000 in damages for injuries sustained on a Madison County Transit bus after the driver ran over a bump, according to a suit filed June 16 in Madison County Circuit Court.
After a three-day trial, a Madison County jury ruled for the defense in a traffic accident trial against Madison County Transit (MCT) and Agency for Community Transit (ACT) in Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron's courtroom.
A Mitchell woman filed a personal injury suit in Madison County Circuit Court April 4, alleging she and her three minor children were injured when a Madison County Transit bus collided with them.
A mentally and physically disabled woman is suing Madison County Transit and an assisted living center for injuries she sustained last year when her wheelchair rolled off a porch.
A Godfrey woman is suing Madison County Transit (MCT) after its bus struck her while she was crossing the parking lot at an Alton McDonald's restaurant.
In his annual state of the county address, Madison County Board Chairman Alan Dunstan credits low taxes and windfall interest payments from one of the county's most famous lawsuits for achieving a balanced 2006 budget.
A grim reminder of a fiery crash that claimed four lives and shut down the Martin Luther King Bridge on Nov. 12, 2004, showed up in St. Clair County Circuit Court on March 22.