Madison County Circuit Judge Philip Kardis will hold a class certification hearing on a case that was filed in June 2002 against State Farm Insurance on June 27 at 9:30 a.m. in his Granite City courtroom.
State Farm Fire and Casualty in Granite City Rokeshia Jones filed a complaint seeking compensatory damages in excess of $50,000 against State Farm Fire and Casualty and Robert Diak, its agent in Granite City, because it denied her fire claim.
State Sen. Kirk Dillard If legal reform initiatives are allowed to march on in Springfield, venue shopping—which helped Madison County achieve national notoriety—may become a thing of the past.