Behnen By the time asbestos attorneys whittled a jury from 53 to 14, the case settled at 10:02 a.m. Wednesday in Madison County Associate Judge Clarence Harrison's courtroom.
Gori A New York attorney interviewed 53 prospective jurors about their backgrounds and careers and whether those factors could affect their judgment in an asbestos case readying for trial in Madison County Associate Judge Clarence Harrison's courtroom.
Gori On Wednesday, the Illinois Supreme Court will hear arguments in Walter Fennell v. Illinois Central Railroad Co., a case arising from St. Clair County that deals with the doctrine of forum non conveniens.
Lopinot Candidates running in a trio of contested judicial races in St. Clair County raked in nearly $92,000 in campaign contributions during the most recent reporting period.
Napp Madison County Associate Judge Kyle Napp raised about 23 times more money than her Republican opponent, Thomas Burkart, during the same three month period in their race to be circuit judge, records show.
Matthews The widow of a man who died after developing mesothelioma has sued her late husband's former employers under the Jones Act, claiming that they failed to provide him with a safe place to work.
Hylla Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla raised almost the same amount of individual contributions that the three other local judges seeking retention received collectively between April 1 and June 30, records show.
Callis Three of the four candidates seeking retention to the Madison County bench raised a combined total of about $22,000 between April 1 and June 30, campaign contribution records show.
Harrison It's been about three months since Madison County Associate Judge Clarence Harrison eliminated the court's 2013 advance setting of asbestos trial weeks, but some members of the local legal community said they are already seeing the effects of the judge's decision.
Pictured from left, front row: Samantha Wehrle, Madison Klope, Jenna Smith and Corinisha Barnes. Second row from left: Evan Buenger, Nic Harkey and Sterling Bram Coleman-Selby. Seven local students from four high schools are the first participants in the Madison County Internship Program (MCIP), started by the Madison County Bar Association and the Third Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee.