Mitchell Settlement documents released Wednesday show that the city of Fairview Heights netted about $315,000 in its four year legal battle with 13 online travel companies.
Fairview Heights aldermen have refused to reinstate attorney Alvin Paulson as city attorney in what Paulson calls a politically motivated decision spearheaded by one alderman.
A few plaintiff's lawyers bamboozled him. They convinced him to let them use the city's good name and resources so they could file a grandiose class action lawsuit.
Mitchell Fairview Heights has yet to respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for documents showing how much the city netted from lawsuits against 13 online travel companies.
Mitchell The City of Fairview Heights has yet to respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the Madison County Record seeking settlement and other documents from the city's lawsuits against 13 online travel companies.
Ruth A suit claiming negligence by a Wood River police officer during a chase that led to a girl's injuries goes to trial Monday. The 2006 lawsuit stems from a motorcycle crash in the village of Roxana.
Mitchell A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request has been made upon Fairview Heights over settlement agreements and documents related to 13 lawsuits the city filed against online travel companies.
Stack South Carolina lawyer Fred Thompson claims Wells Fargo and Fifth Third banks should have stopped a Ponzi scheme involving bond issues for nursing homes, but in eight years he hasn't produced any evidence that the banks knew about the scheme.
Mitchell In spite of the mayor's approval, the attorney for Fairview Heights has not turned over settlement agreements and other documents related to the city's suits against online travel companies.
Mitchell The city of Fairview Heights has ended its four-year battle with online travel companies after settling an individual claim against Orbitz and its subsidiaries over local room taxes for $56,733.68.
A Madison County man is asking the court to render judgment in his favor after he claims he was wrongly fired from his job at Global Brass and Copper, Inc.
Mitchelle Price has filed suit against the village of East Alton, Alton Shopping Center and Subway Enterprises, alleging she was hurt after slipping on ice that had accumulated outside a Subway restaurant.
Two Fayetteville residents have filed suit against an Illinois state trooper, alleging they were seriously injured after he crossed the interstate in his police cruiser and collided with their vehicle while on his way to the scene of another accident.
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.