U.S. Federal Court
Recent News About U.S. Federal Court
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Suit seeks return of earnest money over canceled contract
A Wisconsin company alleges an O'Fallon company owes it money after the cancellation of a contract. -
Patient sues Barnes-Jewish Hospital following placement of lumbar drain
A Collinsville couple is suing a St. Louis medical center alleging the husband was injured because of a failure to maintain a sterile field. -
Antique store owner alleges Jefferson County woman is unlawfully using Finders Keepers mark
BENTON – The owner of an Indiana antique and consignment store alleges a Jefferson County woman is unlawfully using his mark to offer the same services. -
Insurer alleges couple misrepresented value of property in claim
An insurance company claims that a Madison County couple made misrepresentations in the submission of a claim. -
Herndon sends breach of contract case against Ford Motor Credit to arbitration
BENTON – The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois has ordered an Illinois resident, who had sued Ford Motor Credit Co. for allegedly failing to uphold its obligations under an auto contract, to resolve the case through arbitration. -
Yandle extends trial date in St. Clair County bid rigging suit
District Judge Staci Yandle reset a trial in several St. Clair County residents’ bid rigging suit against former treasurer Charles Suarez and several tax buyers. -
Acuity Insurance claims it has no duty to defend Moniger Excavating in breach of contract case
EAST ST. LOUIS – An insurance company claims it has no duty or obligation to provide a defense to an excavating company in a suit filed by the village of Glen Carbon. -
Court denies shopper's motion to remand in Dillard's vomit slip-and-fall case
BENTON – A motion to remand filed by Toni Perrin in a case against the department store Dillard’s was denied by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois on July 13. -
Woman alleges inaccurate credit reporting following bankruptcy
EAST ST. LOUIS — A Glen Carbon woman is suing two major credit bureaus, alleging misrepresentation in debt collection. -
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. -
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. -
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 denies O'Fallon school district's motion to dismiss former administrator's suit
BENTON — The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois has returned a mixed ruling in school administrator June Isselhardt’s suit against O'Fallon Community Consolidated School District No. 90. -
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.