U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
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Another paraquat plaintiff selected for deposition dismisses claims
EAST ST. LOUIS - Another plaintiff in national litigation of claims that weed killer paraquat causes Parkinson’s disease closed a case rather than testify about it. -
Rosenstengel partially denies summary judgment in Chester Mental Health employee's suit alleging failure to accommodate disabilities
EAST ST. LOUIS - Chester Mental Health Center admissions and discharge coordinator Angela Kongeal deserves trial on claims that her employers didn’t accommodate her disabilities, Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel ruled on Feb. 12. -
Route 13 Diner cook granted default judgment in overtime pay dispute
EAST ST. LOUIS - Route 13 Diner owner Jimmy Johnson owes more than $3,000 to former cook Dorrine Douglas and more than $7,000 to her lawyer Nathan Volheim of Lombard, U.S. District Judge David Dugan ruled on Feb. 6. -
More than one third of plaintiffs selected for depositions on paraquat claims have dismissed their cases
EAST ST. LOUIS - Nine of 25 plaintiffs that Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel selected to test the substance of claims that weed killer paraquat caused Parkinson’s disease dismissed their claims in two weeks. -
McGlynn moves forward with gun ban litigation, says he won't wait for gov to figure out what they actually passed
EAST ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn told Assistant Attorney General Christopher Wells he won’t wait for the state to explain the choices legislators made in the weapon ban they passed last year. -
EPA report: No risk of Parkinson's disease from weed killer paraquat
WASHINGTON - Benefits of weed killer paraquat easily outweigh risks, according to regulators at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A report they issued on Jan. 30 assigned no weight at all to a risk of Parkinson’s disease. -
Yandle rejects lifetime disarmament for felons, finds the law unconstitutional
U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle concluded that the law precluding felons from possessing a firearm is unconstitutional in the same way that gun owners argue the state’s “assault weapons” ban violates the Second Amendment. -
Cates sues Express Scripts, Optum Rx over opioid crisis on behalf of St. Clair County
EAST ST. LOUIS - David Cates of Swansea, as special counsel to St. Clair County, claims pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts and Optum Rx negligently disseminated massive quantities of prescription opioids into the county. -
Anderson Hospital seeks Madison County jurisdiction in class action alleging medical information shared with Facebook
EAST ST. LOUIS - Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel must decide whether a class action claim that Anderson Hospital shared private information with Facebook belongs in her court or Madison County. -
Judicial misconduct complaint alleges oral argument policies in district court discriminate based on race and sex
The America First Legal Foundation filed a complaint against three district judges in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, claiming “ongoing unlawful judicial race and sex discrimination” for policies established four years ago that allegedly “incentivize” law firms to task newer, female or minority attorneys with presenting oral arguments. -
Graphic Packaging requests approval of nearly $1 million BIPA settlement
EAST ST. LOUIS - Graphic Packaging of Atlanta will pay about $1,000 each to 600 persons who worked at its Centralia plant from 2016 to 2021 to settle a biometric privacy invasion claim, if U.S. District Judge David Dugan approves. -
Rosenstengel orders depositions of plaintiffs in paraquat MDL over concerns some cases 'do not plausibly allege exposure to paraquat'
EAST ST. LOUIS - Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel, who waited eight months for paraquat lawyers to sweep empty claims from her court, grabbed a judicial broom on Jan. 22 and started the job herself. -
Circle K alleges improper service in discrimination suit
EAST ST. LOUIS - Serving a lawsuit on an assistant manager at Circle K on North Belt West shouldn’t count as proper process, Circle K argued at U.S. district court on Jan. 22. -
Daly up for second term as magistrate judge; Lawyers, citizens may provide comments until Feb. 7
BENTON - U.S. Magistrate Judge Reona Daly is up for a second term of eight years after her current term ends in September. -
Jurors in federal court award forklift operator $13 million in re-trial over amputated leg
EAST ST. LOUIS - On Jan. 18, jurors in U.S. district court awarded $13,045,776 to former forklift operator Adelaida Anderson of Effingham, who lost a leg after her forklift crushed it. -
Emergency management workers supplement wage dispute complaint in response to motion to dismiss
BENTON - Senior U.S. District Judge Phil Gilbert found a wage complaint of St. Clair County employees one detail short of sufficient and their lawyer delivered the detail regarding overtime pay before sunset. -
McGlynn denies motion to stay gun ban challenge, says it's time to 'decide what you’re fighting over'
EAST ST. LOUIS - Plaintiffs challenging Illinois' so-called "assault weapon" ban moved to stay proceedings with agreement from the state’s lawyer, but U.S. District Judge McGlynn told them it was time to move forward. -
Garrett Ziegler of Marco Polo seeks to dismiss Hunter Biden’s laptop suit or transfer to Illinois
LOS ANGELES - Garrett Ziegler of Effingham, Illinois, whose Marco Polo website published data from Hunter Biden’s computer, has asked U.S. District Judge Hernan Vera in Los Angeles to dismiss a suit Biden filed or transfer it to Illinois. -
Wrongful death suit filed against Chinese tire manufacturer following fatal roll-over crash
BELLEVILLE - Widow Kerry Wickline of Caseyville filed a wrongful death suit against a tire shop ten miles away and a tire manufacturer in China. -
Dugan rejects immunity claims, grants trial request in Cahokia Heights sewer dispute
EAST ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge David Dugan ruled on Jan. 5 that 33 Cahokia Heights residents have a right to trial on claims that floods of rain and sewage damage their properties.