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SupCo reverses Cates State Farm ruling 6-0: ‘Court may not read an ambiguity into a policy just to find in favor of the insured’
SPRINGFIELD – On the day David Overstreet took his oath at the Supreme Court, the Court turned one of his appellate court dissents into law. -
New hearing set in wrongful termination suit for former county highway worker
EDWARDSVILLE -- A new hearing has been scheduled in a former Madison County worker's wrongful termination suit after both sides were no-shows at a July 24 hearing on a motion to compel and a motion for sanctions. -
Hearing set for sanctions request in former highway department employee's wrongful termination suit
Madison County Board Chairman Kurt Prenzler and a former Highway Department employee each seek sanctions against the other for failing to comply with discovery in a suit alleging the county employee was improperly discharged. -
St. Clair County plaintiffs awarded nearly $3 million in 2018 jury trials
St. Clair County jurors awarded plaintiffs a total of $2,944,782 in 11 jury trials last year. -
Madison County saw nine jury trials in 2018; Jurors award plaintiffs more than $186K in damages
Plaintiff verdicts in 2018 may have amounted to two-thirds of the trial outcomes, but jurors sent a clear message to plaintiffs pursuing collision suits after they entered several awards for $1,000 or less. In those suits, a motorist was awarded $1,000 and two bus passengers were awarded $1,000 and $500. -
St. Clair County jury awards Cahokia mechanic more than $845K following bus incident, crash
A mechanic for the Cahokia School District was awarded $845,542.08 after he allegedly suffered injuries in a Cahokia crash in 2015 and again when he was hit by a bus hood in 2017. -
Motorist’s suit alleging injuries from Cahokia crash at trial in Gleeson’s court
A motorist’s lawsuit alleging he was injured in a 2015 crash in Cahokia is at trial in St. Clair County Chief Judge Andrew Gleeson’s courtroom. -
Property owner seeks to dismiss woman's trip, fall suit; Defendant alleges plaintiff was injured in fight while intoxicated
A Wood River property owner is asking the court to dismiss a woman’s complaint as sanction for discovery violations in a suit alleging she tripped on a hole on the defendant’s property. -
Son blames Emerald Pointe in Greenville for father's death
The operator of a independent residential facility faces a wrongful death lawsuit as a result of a fall on the property. -
Madison County jury returns defense verdict in collision suit; Plaintiff asked for more than $345K
A Madison County jury returned a verdict in favor of defendant Jennifer Pitts in a collision suit where both parties claimed they had a green light. -
Collision suit at trial in Madison County
A lawsuit involving a crash at the intersection of Route 143 and South Moreland Road is at trial in Madison County Associate Judge Thomas Chapman’s courtroom. -
REED ARMSTRONG MUDGE & MORRISEY: Martin K. Morrissey and Tori L. Walls Secure Summary Judgment on Negligent Entrustment/Wrongful Death Claim in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, Herndon, J., recently granted summary judgment in favor of Reed, Armstrong’s client in a negligent entrustment/wrongful death claim. -
Property owner says trip, fall plaintiff was injured in fight while intoxicated
EDWARDSVILLE — A Wood River property owner seeks medical records from a woman alleging she tripped on a hole on the defendant's property, arguing that the woman was instead intoxicated and pushed down during an altercation with a third party. -
Curt Smith Sporting Goods says football player should be barred from providing expert testimony
A sporting goods company argues that a former East St. Louis Senior High School football player voluntarily dismissed his original suit alleging injuries from a defective helmet in order to evade discovery requirements and “imminent defeat” before refiling his claims. -
Woman alleges out-of-service ambulance responded to go-cart crash, delaying treatment
A woman alleging her husband died following a go-cart crash nearly three years ago argues in her opposition to several motions to dismiss that the responding ambulance was out of service and knew it could not transport the decedent, delaying potential life-saving treatment. -
Crowder denies dismissal in wrongful death suit over go-cart crash
Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder denied several defendants’ motions to dismiss a widow’s wrongful death suit alleging her husband died following a go-cart crash. -
IADC to hold legal writing and advocacy seminar in Edwardsville
The Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel is presenting a legal writing and advocacy seminar on Feb. 15 at the Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville. -
Gateway, ambulance company seek dismissal in wrongful death suit following go-cart crash
Several defendants sued in a widow’s wrongful death suit alleging her husband died following a go-cart crash in 2015 are seeking dismissal from her amended complaint. -
Curt Smith Sporting Goods seeks to dismiss former football player’s head injury suit
A sporting goods company seeks to dismiss a former East St. Louis high school football player’s suit alleging he sustained head injuries due to a defective helmet -
Ten trials went to verdict in Madison County in 2017; Jurors awarded plaintiffs $676,787
With 10 lawsuits in Madison County going to verdict in 2017, jurors awarded plaintiffs a total of $676,787.