A $3.6 million verdict against a St. Louis law firm sufficiently covers legal damages an Illinois bank incurred after following the firm's advice, Fifth District Appellate Court justices ruled, affirming an earlier decision reached in Madison County Circuit Court.
Callis Madison County Chief Judge Ann Callis has lifted dozens of civil cases -- among the hundred reassigned from retiring Circuit Judge Daniel Stack -- from a scheduled status conference Jan. 29.
On the heels of a Dec. 1 order transferring more than 80 cases from Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack's docket, Madison County Chief Judge Ann Callis entered an order a week ago taking on another 146 cases from Stack, who will be retiring by the end of next year.
A Staunton bank wants damages after failing to gain possession of equipment it says was collateral in a bad loan. A 2007 suit against a company that repossessed the equipment goes to trial Monday at 9 a.m.
Hunter Ford of Troy wins the boys' bike. National Bank at Edwardsville recently participated in the Kids Day America/International events held at Infinite Wellness Chiropractic, Ltd: A Creating Wellness Center in Edwardsville.
Don Weber MOUNT VERNON-In a unanimous Rule 23 order, the Fifth District Appellate Court affirmed former Madison County Circuit Judge Don Weber's ruling to dismiss a class action complaint against First Banks.
Pictured from left to right: 2008 River Bend Growth Association Chairman Kent Scheffel, Gary Hoggatt, Jr. of National Bank and Melissa Erker, 2007 RGBA Chairman. Gary Hoggatt, Jr. has been recognized as the 2007 Ambassador of the Year by The River Bend Growth Association (RBGA).
Belleville News-Democrat reporter George Pawlaczyk was held in contempt of court after he refused to give deposition testimony to Amiel Cueto in connection with a suit against the Chicago Tribune, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and the Illinois Civil Justice League and its political action committee, JUSTPAC.
Lakin TULSA – Lloyd's of London, famous for bearing risks no one else can bear, has chosen to defend Tom Lakin and the Lakin Law Firm in an Oklahoma legal malpractice case.
The Fifth Appellate Court has reversed Madison County Circuit Judge Lola Maddox who in July 2006 dismissed a Lakin Law Firm class action suit for a reason that a federal court had previously rejected.
First National Bank in Staunton filed suit against O'Bryan Consulting and Glen and Cecelia O'Bryan alleging they failed to re-pay two promissory notes.
Former Appellate Justice Gordon Maag U.S. appellate judges have affirmed the convictions of James Gibson for a monstrous fraud that Southern Illinois judges made sure he could commit.
FBI agent Melanie Jimenez testified that Gary Peel's demeanor changed from sarcasm to nervous and fidgety once she discovered torn and crumbled pieces of paper in his trash can at the Lakin Law Firm in Wood River on Jan. 31, 2006.