MONROE, Louisiana – U. S. District Judge Terry Doughty, who on the Fourth of July enjoined censorship of social media by Joe Biden’s administration, found the government censored a St. Louis native and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. three days after Biden took the oath of office.
EAST ST. LOUIS – After discovering dead plaintiffs on the docket of national litigation over claims that weed killer paraquat causes Parkinson’s disease, defendants Syngenta and Chevron claim they’ve discovered 611 empty claims.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Effingham residents whose lives would have turned out different if genetic testers hadn’t made a mistake in 1989 can’t pursue a suit about it now, defendants Sanofi-Aventis and Genzyme argue in U.S. district court.
EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn cleared obstetrician Kallie Harrison of negligence in a delivery on June 9, finding she didn’t deviate from the standard of care.
EDWARDSVILLE – Wood River homeowner Joanna Hendricks seeks sanctions against Benjamin Dona of Bethalto, claiming he failed to disclose previous injuries.
BELLEVILLE – The sudden shutdown of Hofbrauhaus Brewpub in Belleville could end litigation alleging the local restaurant tarnishes the reputation of the famous Hofbrauhause brewery in Germany.
BENTON – With great care, Senior U.S. District Judge Phil Gilbert set trial on a claim that FedEx Ground contributed to three deaths by employing a driver who didn’t understand enough English to do his job.
BELLEVILLE — A woman with a seeing eye dog claims she was severely injured while riding a Madison County Transit bus when it collided with a tractor trailer.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Chief Twentieth Circuit Judge Andrew Gleeson properly corrected an inadvertent dating error that involved a statute of limitations, Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel decided on Jan. 15.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel did not accept an explanation from St. Clair County Circuit Clerk Kahalah Clay about a date that Chief Circuit Judge Andrew Gleeson changed on a lawsuit.
EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel should ignore an affidavit of St. Clair County Circuit Clerk Kahalah Clay in a dispute over a date on a document, according to defendants in a civil suit.
CLAYTON – Creve Coeur, losing 0.04 percent of its budget due to the slow decline of cable television, seeks a court order taxing Netflix and Hulu statewide.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Lawyer Sean Cronin claims an adversary in U.S. district court who challenged a date on a St. Clair County civil suit implicitly alleged misconduct against the circuit’s chief judge.
With early voting beginning in less than two weeks, incumbent Madison County Board Chairman Kurt Prenzler, Republican, and his Democrat challenger Bob Daiber, former regional superintendent of schools, answered a few questions that are on top of mind for voters.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Defendants in a federal suit challenge an order of Chief 20th Circuit Judge Andrew Gleeson, who changed the filing date after they removed the suit from St. Clair County.
ST. LOUIS – Lawyers Mark and Patricia McCloskey, whose display of firearms at their Central West End mansion frightened protesters, fortunately don’t shoot as readily as they sue.
BENTON – Washington Park policeman Marlyn Jackson broke a man’s arm and injured his head at Scarlett’s Cabaret, according to a complaint at U.S. district court.
BENTON – U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle transferred a conductor’s complaint against Illinois Central Railroad to U.S. district court in Memphis on May 27.
A company providing paintless dent removal argues that a competitor’s “frivolous” RICO suit was filed in retaliation to a non-compete lawsuit in which the competitor was sanctioned twice.
