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Recent News About U.S. Federal Court
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Man alleges improper debt collection practices
BENTON – A Wood River resident is suing over allegedly unfair and deceptive practices by a debt collection agency. -
Plaintiff claims debt collector violated law
BENTON – An Illinois resident is suing over alleged violations of the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act. -
Insurer seeks reimbursement from defendants after restaurant fire
BENTON – An insurance company is suing over allegedly poor restoration work in a restaurant, which the plaintiff claims led to a damaging fire. -
Napoli: Personal jurisdiction arguments could be asbestos defendants ‘own worst nightmare’
New York asbestos attorney Paul Napoli says a recent decision out of the Delaware Supreme Court could provide defendants with the support they need to transfer asbestos cases out of Madison County on personal jurisdiction arguments. -
Fifth District affirms in part, reverses in part Lopinot’s order dismissing legal advertising dispute
The Fifth District Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal for all but one set of claims in the Hullverson & Hullverson law firm’s suit alleging false and deceptive advertising practices by The Hullverson Law Firm. -
SIUC's Reona Daly selected Magistrate at federal court in Benton
Reona J. Daly will fill the United States Magistrate Judge seat in Benton, Illinois, replacing US Magistrate Judge Philip M. Frazier who is set to retire in September. -
Shops hit with ADA accessibility lawsuits likely to be targets of 'serial litigators'
CHICAGO - Earlier in the year, Margie Milovich’s neighbor had been hit with a lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act. But she said it still didn’t prepare her for the moment the same plaintiff delivered a similar lawsuit to the door of LaSalle Flowers, a family-owned River North flower shop at 731 N. -
Mother alleges child's disabilities resultsed from seizure medication
BENTON – The mother of a disabled child is suing over allegations that a prescription drug she took while pregnant caused her child's disabilities. -
Woman alleges termination after seeking unemployment benefits
BENTON – A respiratory therapist is suing over alleged retaliation and discrimination that occurred in her workplace as a result of seeking unemployment benefits and medical leave. -
Women allege children had birth defects from medication
EAST ST. LOUIS – A group of parents is suing over injuries that allegedly occurred to their children in utero while their pregnant mothers were taking a medication. -
Insurance company claims its policy doesn't apply in fatal shooting case
BENTON – An insurance company is seeking a Declaratory Judgment regarding a policy it issued and the scope of its coverage, arguing that it should not have to pay in a case of a fatal shooting. -
Woman accuses debt collection agency of violating law
BENTON – An Illinois resident is suing over alleged unfair collection practices by a debt collection agency. -
Man alleges he was denied employment based on consumer report
BENTON – A Greenville man has filed a class-action suit over denial of employment allegedly based on the consumer report about him. -
U.S. agency seeks foreclosure on dairy farm allegedly $1 million in arrears
BENTON – The United States of America is suing over several mortgages allegedly in default by a dairy farm. -
Man says coal company violated layoff law
BENTON – A coal miner is suing over alleged lack of advance notice of his termination and that of nearly 200 others. He is citing violation of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. -
Man sues over allegations of unfair debt collection practices
BENTON – A man from Godfrey is suing over an attempt to collect a debt. -
St. Clair County Sheriff's officers sued after inmate hangs himself
The estate of a man who committed suicide while being detained by the St. Clair County Sheriff's Department in 2014 sued Sheriff Richard Watson, a number of department officials and the county jail's mental health provider last week alleging they violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when they didn't take his suicide threats seriously. -
Sheet Metal Workers seek damages for alleged unpaid benefit fund contributions
EAST ST. LOUIS – A labor union and its benefit plans are suing over alleged missing monies. -
Nearly 200 plaintiffs allege chemical exposure from Just For Men products
BELLEVILLE – Nearly 200 men are suing the maker of Just For Men hair care and hair dye products, alleging exposure to chemicals and injuries that resulted from that exposure. Negligence and breach of express warranty are among the counts. -
Terminal Railroad removes former employee's age discrimination suit
A railroad company removed a former employee’s lawsuit alleging age discrimination to federal court.