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Littler Achieves 2022-2023 Mansfield Certification Plus From Diversity Lab
Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has earned 2022-2023 Mansfield Certification Plus for the sixth consecutive year through Diversity Lab.
Union Pacific Railroad employee files negligence lawsuit over alleged work-related injuries
BELLEVILLE – A Union Pacific Railroad employee has filed a negligence claim after he allegedly fell and injured himself on the job.
McGlynn hears arguments on vaguness claim in gun ban challenge, raising concerns about constructive possession
EAST ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn pried confirmation out of Assistant Attorney General Chris Wells of the possibility that law enforcement could arrest whole families in their homes, all occupants of vehicles and other groups in the presence of unregistered regulated weapons or devices that Illinois criminalized.
Negligence lawsuit filed against Mercy Rehab and Care Center in Swansea
BELLEVILLE – A lawsuit claims that a patient of the Mercy Rehab and Care Center in Swansea received negligent care, causing her to become severely injured.
Lawsuit filed over July 2022 shooting at Big Daddy's in Belleville
BELLEVILLE – A lawsuit has been filed for damages after a patron of the Big Daddy's restaurant allegedly got into a heated argument and shot two individuals outside of the establishment.
Cornerstone Securities investment advisor sued for fraudulent misrepresentation
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville residents Russell and Shelley Gilliland are suing Cornerstone Securities investment advisor representative Alan Thomilson for fraudulent misrepresentation.
Patient sues St. Elizabeth's Hospital alleging injuries during throat procedure
BELLEVILLE – A former patient has filed a negligence lawsuit against St. Elizabeth's Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis and its employees claiming that she was injured during a throat procedure.
Discrimination lawsuit alleges St. Clair Pediatrics fired employee for being pregnant
BELLEVILLE – A woman has filed a discrimination lawsuit claiming that she was fired from St. Clair Pediatrics after the facility found out she was pregnant.
Second suit filed against East St. Louis property owner over fatal apartment fire
BELLEVILLE – East St. Louis tenants are suing their landlord, claiming that the property they were living in had no working smoke detectors when a fatal fire broke out.
East St. Louis property owners sued after five children died in a building fire
BELLEVILLE – Tenants have filed a lawsuit against their landlords claiming the East St. Louis residence they were living in had no working smoke detectors when a fire broke out, tragically killing five children living on the property.
Wage dispute against Brock Group alleges laborers' paychecks were trimmed
BENTON – Texas labor contractor Brock Group didn’t pay wages it agreed to pay, former employee Kevin Kelley of St. Louis County alleges at U.S. district court.
'Floodgates have officially opened': IL employers facing new lawsuit blitz under state's genetic info privacy law
Thousands of Illinois employers have faced potentially financially catastrophic class actions under the state's biometric privacy law. Now, a new raft of class actions appears to be arriving under a different law, the Genetic Information Privacy Act
Amazon settles suit alleging imported electric socks caused death
EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge David Dugan, who granted default judgment against Chinese electric sock maker Global Vasion in a wrongful death suit in 2021, has set a hearing on Nov. 15 to determine damages.
Motorist sues Toyota alleging crash caused spinal injuries due to defective seat
BELLEVILLE – A motorist is suing Toyota, alleging a defective seat in her vehicle caused her to suffer serious spinal injuries during a highway collision.
Gotion’s Illinois-China Controversy Reaches Presidential Candidate Platform; National Attention Expands
Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy slammed plans for Gotion’s electric vehicle lithium battery plants in Illinois and Michigan at a Wednesday rally near the Michigan proposed site. Gotion, which is Chinese owned, is set to receive about $8 billion in taxpayer subsidies for its Manteno plant, which will cost only $2 billion to build, and the company has clear ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
IL State Police director: Plaintiff testimonies dispute vagueness claim in gun ban challenge
Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly asked U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn to supplement his response to a motion for partial summary judgment with plaintiff depositions he claims dispute the vagueness argument.
Madison County real estate Aug. 28-Sept. 1
A Granite City property sold for $1.3 million as part of the Madison County real estate transactions from Aug. 28-Sept. 1
St. Clair County real estate June 20-23
A Shiloh property sold for more than $1 million as part of the St. Clair County real estate transactions for June 20-23.
Madison County civil docket Oct. 16-20
Madison County circuit judges have hearings scheduled on the civil docket for Oct. 16-20.
Fifth District affirms dismissal of inmate's lawsuit against Madison County Sheriff's Department
The Fifth District Appellate Court upheld Madison County Associate Judge Anthony Jumper's ruling granting dismissal of an inmate's lawsuit alleging the sheriff's department failed to protect him from another inmate.