BELLEVILLE - Circuit Judge Patrick Foley continued a hearing in a defamation suit on a motion of defendant Brad Van Hoose of Belleville who stated he had called plaintiff Gerard Scott Jr. as a witness and Scott didn’t appear.
EAST ST. LOUIS - Plaintiffs who claim counties took properties from delinquent taxpayers without compensating them should sue those who bought the properties through the counties, treasurers of St. Clair and Madison counties argue at U.S. district court.
BELLEVILLE - Circuit Judge Patrick Foley set a Feb. 14 hearing on a motion to dismiss a defamation suit that St. Clair County board member Gerard Scott Junior filed against Brad Van Hoose of Belleville 15 months ago.
MOUNT VERNON - Fifth District appellate judges ordered St. Clair County Circuit Judge Kevin Hoerner to transfer a suit against Walgreen Company to Christian County.
Shortly after attorneys for an Oregon truck driver moved to take the case from St. Clair County court to federal court, a lawyer representing a highway worker allegedly injured in a construction zone crash says he expects his injuries will be far less costly, so the case belongs back in St. Clair court, not federal
EAST ST. LOUIS - Meta Platforms must defend a claim that facial recognition on Facebook Messenger and Messenger Kids violates privacy of biometric data, Chief U. S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel ruled on Sept. 17.
BELLEVILLE - St. Clair County Circuit Judge Christopher Kolker raised $114,630 for his retention campaign in the first half of this year, mostly from lawyers.
Madison and St. Clair Counties again saw the most asbestos case filings for 2023 nationwide, and Cook County saw the highest increase in filings according to a report by KCIC, a Washington D.C.-based technology and management consulting company.
A St. Clair County jury returned a $60 million verdict against Mead Johnson in the nation’s first trial on allegations that its Enfamil infant formula caused the death of a premature baby.
BELLEVILLE - Two nurses claim they were wrongfully terminated after raising concerns about patient safety due to understaffing measures implemented by the defendant.
