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Trial starts Tuesday after day-long voir dire in whistleblower suit
Crowder Testimony got under way Tuesday in a whistleblower suit over alleged oil dumping in the Mississippi River. -
Arguments continue over discovery issues in atrazine suits
Tillery Despite snowy weather, Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder had a full house of attorneys as she held a motion day in six proposed class actions suits involving a popular weed killer, atrazine. -
Trial opens Monday in whistleblower retaliatory discharge case
Crowder Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder is scheduled to open a trial of a retaliatory discharge case stemming from a man who alleges oil was spilled into the Mississippi River. -
Crowder denies Syngenta as lead atrazine case; allows plaintiffs to be added
Crowder Six proposed class action suits over water contamination allegedly caused by a popular weed killer will all proceed at the same time, according to an order signed by Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder. -
12th lawsuit filed over Sauget contamination
Yet another group of Illinois residents who live in or near Sauget have filed a lawsuit over the release of various hazardous substances they claim have created a severe health risk and have contaminated their properties. -
Crowder to hear atrazine motions in new year
Crowder Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder is scheduled to hear more motions in a series of proposed class action suits over water contamination stemming from a popular weed killer. -
95 plaintiffs file suit over toxic exposure in Sauget
Yet another group of Illinois residents who live in or near Sauget have filed a lawsuit over the release of various hazardous substances they claim have created a severe health risk and have contaminated their properties. -
Crowder expresses 'problem' with cause of action in atrazine suits
Crowder Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder summed up the central problem with a series of proposed class actions suits involving alleged water contamination by a common weed killer. -
Crowder to hear motions Monday in atrazine suits
Crowder Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder is set to hear motions in a series of cases filed over alleged water contamination involving a popular weed killer. -
Defendants move to designate lead in atrazine lawsuits
If Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder grants their motion, defendants in a series of pending suits over a common weed killer will have a new leader, in the form of Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. and its attorneys. -
Crowder clarifies position in denying atrazine protective order
Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder has made her reasons clearer for denying a protective order to defendants in a series of class action suits against atrazine makers by signing an order clarifying them. -
Crowder allows atrazine amended complaint to go ahead, adds new chemicals to the mix
Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder has given attorney Stephen Tillery the go-ahead to amend and expand his class action complaints against makers of the most commonly used herbicide among corn growers. -
Death by a thousand studies
October was a good month for Stephen Tillery. -
Crowder takes under advisement Tillery's motion to grow atrazine suits
Reeg Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder said she would take under advisement a motion by attorney Stephen Tillery to amend his complaint against makers of the herbicide atrazine to add 66 new class members. -
Ninth suit filed against chemical companies by Sauget residents
One more group of Illinois residents who live in or near Sauget have filed a separate lawsuit over the release of various hazardous substances they claim have created a severe health risk and have contaminated their properties. -
Survey: Corporate litigation to increase
Dillard NEW YORK - Corporate litigation is widely expected to continue to increase over the next year, a poll of corporate counsel indicates. -
Eighth suit filed against Monsanto, others over health and property issues
One more group of Illinois residents who live in or near Sauget have filed a separate lawsuit over the release of various hazardous substances they claim have created a severe health risk and have contaminated their properties. -
Another Sauget group claims hazardous substances caused health problems
One more group of Illinois residents who live in or near Sauget have filed a separate lawsuit over the release of various hazardous substances they claim have created a severe health risk and have contaminated their properties. -
Madison County atrazine suits challenge U.S. EPA standard
Tillery Either the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency measures the health risk in weed killer atrazine or Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder does. -
Corn can't grow in the courtroom
If agricultural chemical companies can come up with products that get rid of weeds, why can't they invent one to get rid of parasitical lawyers?