Coursey Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge has denied a plaintiffs' motion for sanctions involving a defense expert's hire date in a proposed class action over the weed killer atrazine.
Tillery Class action lawyer Stephen Tillery spent four hours attacking the integrity of a professor who estimated that a statewide ban on weed killer atrazine would wipe out 48,000 jobs at a hearing on Nov. 2.
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John G. Roberts, Jr. has appointed bankruptcy attorney David A. Lander of Gallop, Johnson & Neuman in St. Louis to serve a second, three-year term on the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules, a unit of the nation's Judiciary system whose members develop policy and recommendations generally impacting all U.S. bankruptcy courts and their procedures.
Tillery After accusations of fraud and barbs over a highly contentious discovery process, the parties in one of a series of class actions brought against the makers of the weed killer atrazine spent most of the day in a closed courtroom with Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge reviewing disputed documents.
Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge has allowed the lead plaintiff in a series of proposed class actions filed over claims related to the weed killer atrazine to file exhibits under seal in the days leading up to a sanctions motion hearing against defendant Syngenta Crop Protection Inc.
Tillery Lead plaintiff Holiday Shores Sanitary District is asking Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge to limit the scope covered by two subpoenas issued to expert witnesses in a proposed class action over the weed killer atrazine.
Hylla Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla took summary judgment moves in a case brought against a Granite City women's clinic and its staff under advisement, although he told defense attorneys on Friday morning that he believed they had "a pretty good case."
The parties in a battery case brought against a Granite City women's clinic and its staff have filed supplemental materials related to summary judgment moves that will be argued later this month.
Tillery The Holiday Shores Sanitary District has asked for more time to take a deposition related to a sanctions move in a proposed class action against Syngenta Crop Protection Inc., the maker of the weed killer, atrazine.
Mudge Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge has ordered Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. to turn over public relations and other documents that the company had claimed were privileged to plaintiff Holiday Shores Sanitary District.
Tillery Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. has filed two responses to sanctions moves aimed at it by the lead plaintiff in a proposed class action over alleged water contamination caused by the company's weed killer, atrazine.
Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla is set to hear arguments on several summary judgment moves filed by a Granite City women's clinic and its staff members in a battery suit brought by a woman who sought an abortion there three years ago.
Tillery Lead plaintiff Holiday Shores Sanitary District has asked Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge to order defendant Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. to turn over documents related to Chicago public relations firm Jayne Thompson & Associates (JTA) that it claims are not privileged.
A hearing on summary judgment moves by defendants in a battery suit brought against a Granite City abortion clinic, its staff, doctors and the University of Chicago Medical Center has been pushed off again.
Reeg Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. claims plaintiff Holiday Shores Sanitary District has turned a "good faith compromise" into a "wasteful sideshow" in a proposed Madison County class action over the herbicide atrazine.
Hylla Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla is set to hear motions in battery suit filed against a Granite City women's clinic, doctors and other staffers by a woman who sought an abortion there.
Mudge A hearing on when an expert witness from the University of Chicago was retained by the defendant in a class action over the weed killer atrazine has been moved for a second time.