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Contractor accused of causing his own injuries when he fell from ladder
DeFrancoState Farm Insurance and a Belleville couple claim a contractor who is suing them is at fault for using a ladder he was not authorized to use and for failing to secure it properly.Kenneth D. Mantooth filed a complaint on Oct. 16 against Jeff Thompson, Robert and Vicki Hall and State Farm Insurance Company for negligence.According to the complaint, Mantooth, an independent roofing contractor, -
Williams orders sides to communicate in Hale v. State Farm
EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Williams prescribed a crash course in communications for opponents in a fraud suit against State Farm.“We are talking past one another to some degree,” he said at a hearing on Feb. 4. Williams ordered lawyers to meet and confer by Feb. 6, for at least four hours. He said they would confer in person or by video, and not by telephone. They are to confer -
St. Clair County real estate Jan. 6-12
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Godfrey couple sues insurance company after house fire
A husband and wife have filed suit against their insurance company, alleging it refused to pay them after the home they were renting caught fire. -
Roofing company blames owner for using hay as insulation in suit involving house fire
A construction company accused of negligence after a house under construction caught fire blames the plaintiff for insulating the home with hay. -
Antagonizing the State Bar Association is not a smart move
Attorneys Stephen Tillery, Robert Clifford, and associates went too far last fall when they financed a scurrilous television ad campaign to try to prevent the retention of State Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier in the November election. -
ISBA pens fiery response in Hale v. State Farm; Plaintiff position borders 'on fantasy,' it says
NesterLawyers claiming State Farm corrupted the State Bar Association for the benefit of Supreme Court candidate Lloyd Karmeier apparently have disturbed the Bar.On Dec. 18, the Bar responded to a brief in federal court accusing its judicial evaluation committee of bias toward Karmeier in 2004. “Plaintiffs had not previously accused ISBA of wrongdoing,” Michael Nester of Belleville wrote. He seeks -
Lawyers behind Price v. Philip Morris ordered to produce '04 campaign documents; Judge calls them 'essential' to State Farm's defense
TilleryFive top tort lawyers must deliver 34 documents to State Farm about their role in the Illinois Supreme Court election of 2004, U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Williams ruled on Dec. 5. He declared the documents essential to State Farm’s defense in a class action alleging that it corrupted the Supreme Court through secret support of candidate Lloyd Karmeier. Williams overruled assertions of privilege -
Judge: Hale plaintiffs not able to connect dots on money trail from State Farm to Karmeier campaign
Plaintiffs claiming State Farm fraudulently secured the election of Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier haven’t produced enough evidence to justify invasion of State Farm’s privacy, U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Williams ruled on Nov. 25. -
Anatomy of a smear campaign
Did attorneys violate the law with the shoddy tactics that were used to try to prevent the retention of State Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier in the recent election?That's a question that state election officials should be asking. If illegal acts can be documented, the perpetrators should be prosecuted.Whether they are held accountable or not, any lawyer proven to be behind the $2 million smear -
Two recusals and a divide forces Supreme Court to dismiss appeal in Chicago red light camera case
Unable to muster a majority, the Illinois Supreme Court today had to dismiss a challenge to Chicago’s red light camera program.