Easterbrook CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals judge had trouble finding the purpose of a class action lawsuit filed against Shell over its credit card receipts.
Tom Lakin East Alton attorney Ed Unsell has filed a motion to lift a stay on a civil lawsuit pending against L. Thomas Lakin that accuses Lakin of sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy.
Crowder Class action chiropractors claim Liberty Mutual Insurance should have steered workers compensation patients to them, but according to the insurer that kind of steering would have broken the law.
Burke EAST ST. LOUIS - Fairview Heights has abandoned a federal suit that would have held online travel companies liable for municipal taxes on rooms they booked.
Lakin The Lakin Law Firm in Wood River has been renamed LakinChapman LLC in a new partnership between attorney Brad Lakin and retired appellate court judge Charles Chapman.
Judge Crowder Asbestos lawyer John Simmons, facing trial on a widow's malpractice claim, boasts that he obtained $100,000 from W.R. Grace & Co. after the statute of limitations ran out, plus $214,000 from other businesses despite "sketchy product identification."
John Schulte has filed suit against Alton and Southern Railway Company and Union Pacific Railroad Company, alleging he was injured while working for the companies.
A class action lawsuit filed in Madison County Circuit Court on Dec. 4 alleges ConocoPhillips failed to pay retention bonuses promised to its employees.
An Alton woman has filed suit against an Alton man individually and on behalf of her minor daughter, alleging her daughter's leg was injured after playing on a trampoline at the man's house.
Unsell A lawyer for Brad Lakin, The Lakin Law Firm and Kristopher Lakin has asked a judge to dismiss a malicious prosecution suit filed against them by East Alton attorney Edward Unsell.
A former Cassens Transport Company mechanic has filed suit for more than $1 million against nine companies and their "unknown" owners, alleging his neck, head and shoulder were injured while he was attempting to release a wheel on a truck.
Lawrence P. Branam has filed suit against Calvin Hutson and William K. Knoche, alleging he collided with Knoche's vehicle after Hutson stalled in the left-hand lane of the interstate.
