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Recent News About The Lakin Law Firm
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Gov. Pritzker Announces Fourteen Appointments to Boards and Commissions, Public Administrators and Public Guardians
Gov. Pritzker Announces Fourteen Appointments to Boards and Commissions, Public Administrators and Public Guardians. -
Seventh Circuit says class action against Shell ultimately pointless; Madison County case settled for $7 million last year
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. -
Status conference set Dec. 5 in civil suit against Lakin
A status conference hearing is set Dec. 5 in a civil lawsuit against Thomas Lakin in St. Clair County Circuit Court. -
Attorney wants stay in case against Tom Lakin lifted
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. -
Liberty Mutual asks for summary judgment in certified class action
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. -
Crowder declines to sanction Pekin in LakinChapman class action
Crowder LakinChapman lawyers can't punish Pekin Insurance for keeping records on microfilm, Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder has ruled. -
It's not about me
Professions of altruism rarely can be taken at face value. When issued from the mouths of some trial lawyers, the words can sound downright laughable. -
Case closed: Last defendant Orbitz dismissed by Fairview Heights
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 and Chapman form new firm, set sights on Southwest
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. -
Legal malpractice case offers glimpse of asbestos settlements
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." -
Railroad helper sues Union Pacific over torn remote vest
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. -
Man drives into tree, suit follows
An Alton man has filed suit against another Alton man, alleging he was injured after the man drove into a tree. -
Lakin firm files class action for employees who didn't get retention bonuses
A class action lawsuit filed in Madison County Circuit Court on Dec. 4 alleges ConocoPhillips failed to pay retention bonuses promised to its employees. -
Trampoline owner sued over visiting girl's leg injury
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. -
Lakins want Unsell's malicious prosecution suit dismissed
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. -
Cassens sued for $1 million over injuries
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. -
Granite City auto accident leads to suit
Rayson L. Barnes has filed suit against Sondra Huber, claiming his right shoulder, left hand, left elbow and back were injured after a collision. -
Stalled vehicle led to accident, suit claims
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. -
Barge worker claims hip injuries over rigging accident
A former Columbia Marine Service employee has filed suit against the company, alleging his left hip was injured after rigging fell on it.