Gori A mother is asking to be paid more than $200,000 after a Bethalto crash allegedly caused her daughter to be injured and then take the stress of the crash out on her.
Crowder Madison County Circuit Court Judge Barbara Crowder is top in fund-raising among the four circuit judges seeking retention in the Third Judicial Circuit.
Crowder Madison County Circuit Court Judge Barbara Crowder's campaign committee is hosting a fund-raiser at the Lewis & Clark Community College on March 28.
Simmons Local law firms attract asbestos cases from around the country to litigate in local courts. One result has been an injection of more than a billion dollars into the local economy in recent years.
Harrison Madison County Associate Judge Clarence Harrison will hear requests for changes to a preliminary order assigning trial weeks for the 2013 asbestos docket on March 26.
Crowder Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder returned $30,000 in campaign contributions she received last month from lawyers at the top three local asbestos firms.
Stever Attorney James Stever has joined Gori Julian & Associates of Edwardsville as an associate attorney, specializing in asbestos personal injury and occupational disease litigation.
Callis Madison County Board Member Mike Walters told Madison County Chief Judge Ann Callis and members of the county judiciary meeting Friday morning that being on the (American Tort Reform Association's) Judicial Hellhole list "scares the hell out of me."
Harrison Settling in as head of the nation's busiest state court asbestos docket, Madison County Associate Judge Clarence Harrison reassured lawyers packed into his small second floor courtroom on Wednesday, "Things will fit into place."