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• Men allege Travelers Insurance invaded their privacy following collision

  By Molly English-Bowers | Wednesday, Jan 6, 2016 @ 2:20pm

  EDWARDSVILLE – Two Illinois men are suing a motorist and Travelers Insurance over injuries they say they suffered as the result of an automobile collision.

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• Fifth District upholds dismissal of old PPO class action

  By Ann Maher | Tuesday, May 12, 2015 @ 4:15pm

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• Supreme Court reverses Fifth District to affirm St. Clair County ruling over spoilation of evidence claim

  By Bethany Krajelis | Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 @ 9:14am

  Burke Siding with the defendant, the Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a ruling of the Fifth District Appellate Court in a negligent spoliation of evidence case.

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• Mudge must decide if Fifth District decision 'torpedoes' Employers Mutual class action

  By Steve Korris | Thursday, Nov 10, 2011 @ 6:21am

  Mudge Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge must decide whether Fifth District appellate judges who stopped a Lakin Chapman class action against Travelers Insurance also stopped one against Employers Mutual Casualty.

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• Asbestos bankruptcy judge pulls plug on lawyers' plot

  By Steve Korris | Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 @ 12:27pm

  Edison PITTSBURGH – Bankruptcy Judge Bruce McCullough unraveled a plot between asbestos lawyers and bankruptcy lawyers, saving Travelers Insurance $146 million.

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• Lakin lawyer says judge applied 'incorrect standard' in dismissing class action

  By Steve Korris | Friday, Sep 5, 2008 @ 4:00am

  U.S. District Judge Phil Gilbert's decision to dismiss a chiropractor's class action against Travelers Insurance means nothing in a chiropractor's class action against Travelers in Madison County, according to Jeff Millar of the Lakin Law Firm.

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• Insurer takes advantage of federal decision in defending Lakin class action

  By Steve Korris | Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008 @ 8:53am

  Brad Lakin Defendants usually deny everything a plaintiff alleges, but in a Lakin Law Firm class action Employers Mutual Casualty gladly admits that chiropractor Frank Bemis never contracted with it.

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• Respect Precedent

  By The Madison County Record | Sunday, Aug 17, 2008 @ 5:00pm

  U.S. District Judge Phil Gilbert made a rare and sensible ruling last month in a class action lawsuit filed against Travelers insurance company.

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• Travelers testing strength of federal court dismissal in Madison County case

  By Steve Korris | Thursday, Aug 14, 2008 @ 12:33pm

  Stack Travelers Insurance plans to test the strength of a July 24 order from U.S. District Judge Phil Gilbert of Benton that dismissed a class action lawsuit against the insurer.

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• Excerpts: Gilbert digs deep in decision to dismiss Travelers PPO suit

  By Steve Korris | Friday, Aug 8, 2008 @ 9:36am

  BENTON – U.S. District Judge Philip Gilbert didn't just read briefs as he pondered whether to dismiss a class action suit against Travelers Insurance.

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• Federal court's dismissal of insurance class action could affect Madison, St. Clair cases

  By Steve Korris | Friday, Aug 8, 2008 @ 7:24am

  BENTON - U.S. District Court Judge Phil Gilbert has dismissed a suit that chiropractor Kathleen Roche of Belleville proposed as a class action against Travelers Insurance, a move that casts a cloud of uncertainty over similar suits in Madison and St. Clair counties.

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• Lakin class actions gather speed en route to certification

  By Steve Korris | Friday, Jul 18, 2008 @ 4:15am

  Tom Lakin While a federal court is waiting to try Tom Lakin on sex and drug crimes, a state court is giving rosy treatment to cases brought by the law firm he founded.

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• Monday, Oct. 31

  By The Madison County Record | Tuesday, Oct 25, 2005 @ 10:39am

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• Oct. 24-28

  By Steve Gonzalez | Sunday, Oct 23, 2005 @ 8:51pm

  3M Company

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• Oct. 24-28

  By Steve Gonzalez | Sunday, Oct 23, 2005 @ 7:38pm

  3M Company

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• July 11-15

  By Steve Gonzalez | Monday, Jul 11, 2005 @ 5:57am

  3M Company

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• Eavenson's class action v. Corvel in court

  By Steve Gonzalez | Tuesday, Mar 22, 2005 @ 4:44am

  Granite City Chiropractor Mark Eavenson, who has filed at least 23 class action cases against insurance companies in Madison County Circuit Court, will be in court March 31 for a case management conference in his suit against Corvel Corp.

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• Wednesday Feb. 2

  By The Madison County Record | Thursday, Jan 27, 2005 @ 12:03am

  9 am

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