U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
Recent News About U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
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Secure Data Technologies says former employee shared confidential information
EAST ST. LOUIS — A technology company is suing Michael Donahue and ATCI Incorporated, doing business as The Applied Group, citing alleged unfair competition. -
Rex Carr continues to win court battles; Fourth District decides malpractice claim
SPRINGFIELD – Rex Carr, who won most of his court battles while alive, has won a court battle in death. -
Teaching assistant’s disability discrimination lawsuit against Wood River-Hartford School District moves forward
EAST ST. LOUIS – On June 27, a federal court dismissed portions of a disability discrimination lawsuit launched by a longtime teaching assistant at Wood River-Hartford School District, but ultimately allowed the case to move forward to a jury trial set for March 2018. -
St. Joseph's Hospital employee loses termination lawsuit
EAST ST. LOUIS – A respiratory therapist has lost her employment lawsuit against St. Joseph’s Hospital in Breese with the court finding that attendance problems were the cause of her termination, not discrimination. -
Judge denies dismissal of fraud allegations against Brady McCasland Inc. employee
BENTON – On June 29, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois denied defendant Alan Johnson’s motion to dismiss certain counts of a fraud case filed against him by a St Louis-based mining and metals company. -
Court declines to dismiss discrimination against Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
BENTON — The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois has denied a motion to dismiss a petition filed by the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SUIE) in an ongoing racial discrimination suit involving employee Janice LaRiviere. -
Federal court dismisses family business dispute for lack of jurisdiction
EAST ST. LOUIS — A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a Missouri man against the law firm that had represented his daughters. -
Stein Steel Mill Service granted summary judgment in retaliatory discharge suit
BENTON — Summary judgment was recently granted in favor of Stein Steel Mill after a mill worker filed a complaint against the company, alleging that he was fired for questioning duplicitous instructions from his supervisor. -
Settlement reached in case against Darby Trucking
BENTON — A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit between a Missouri truck driver and a Mississippi trucking company that stemmed from a tractor-trailer accident in Cumberland County. -
Rosenstengel orders U.S. and medical malpractice plaintiff to submit judgment calculations
EAST ST. LOUIS — A U.S. district judge in East St. Louis ordered that parties in a more than $29 million medical malpractice case involving a 36-year-old man who suffered severe kidney damage due to alleged negligence to submit calculations and proposed judgments to the court. -
Federal judge denies appeal of transfer order in bankruptcy case
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois has denied the request of a bankruptcy litigant who sought leave to appeal the transfer of her case to the Northern District of Texas. -
Herndon dismisses class action alleging damages from shortened massages
Benton, IL—A class action lawsuit brought by plaintiffs in Missouri and Illinois accusing Massage Envy Franchising, LLC, of causing injury to its clients and using unfair and deceptive practices was dismissed by a U.S. district court on June 9. -
Student reaches settlement with Lindenwood University in suit alleging he fell from dorm bed
A student’s lawsuit against Lindenwood University alleging he was injured when he fell from a bunk bed in his dorm room has been dismissed after the parties reached an undisclosed settlement. -
St. Clair County responds to residents' motion to strike bid rigging suit; Parties seek to extend August trial date
St. Clair County and former treasurer Charles Suarez filed a response to several residents’ motion to strike their reply supporting summary judgment, claiming that their reply sufficiently argues “exceptional circumstances” to file the reply in a suit alleging they participated in a bid rigging scheme. -
Notice of impending dismissal filed in nurse's suit alleging termination following breast cancer
Notice of impending dismissal was given in a nurse’s discrimination suit alleging she was wrongfully terminated after she took leave for breast reconstruction surgery following breast cancer. -
Judge says CVS owes GEICO for defending pharmacy employee in accident case
EAST ST. LOUIS — A district judge has ruled that GEICO is entitled to reimbursement by CVS for defending an employee who was in a car accident while delivering prescription drugs for the pharmacy. -
Jurors award $15 million over birth defects due to mother's Depakote use
A federal court jury has awarded $15 million to a mother whose son was born with spina bifida due to her use of Depakote while pregnant. -
Yandle denies tax buyers’ motion to file reply in support of summary judgment in St. Clair County bid rigging suit
U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle denied a group of St. Clair County tax buyers’ request to file a reply in support of their motion for summary judgment while St. Clair County and the former treasurer filed their own separate reply in a suit alleging they participated in a bid rigging scheme. -
Former judge Murphy called up in Tillery’s suit against economists involving minor league baseball class action
BENTON – Stephen Tillery has retained former U.S. district judge Patrick Murphy to pursue a claim that failure of a research contractor jeopardized a possible class action among minor league baseball players. -
District Court throws out sexual harassment case from nurse against employer Wexford
EAST ST. LOUIS — A judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois has granted summary judgment in favor of defendants Wexford Health Sources and a supervisor in a sexual harassment case.