News on Madison - St. Clair Record

EAST ST. LOUIS – Danny Collins of Cook County, one of two plaintiffs claiming Blackstone Group obtained genetic information without consent when it bought Ancestry.com’s DNA business, has chosen not to pursue the claim. He dismissed it without prejudice on Sept. 9, leaving St. Clair County resident Carolyn Bridges as sole plaintiff.

EDWARDSVILLE — A woman claims she was severely injured when a semi-truck driver rear-ended the disabled bus she was riding in, tearing away the back portion of the bus.

BELLEVILLE – Former BRIA Health Services employee Stacey Schneidewind claims she lost her job last year because she asked for a tighter mask.

BELLEVILLE – Maintenance lapses on Belleville’s part resulted in a fatal crash at Route 15 and a filthy flood at St. Clair Country Club, according to suits filed in St. Clair County circuit court.

BENTON - U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle postponed a jury trial over ownership of tattoos on wrestler Randy Orton, due to the coronavirus.

EDWARDSVILLE — A home buyer claims the sellers knew of property defects but failed to report the issues and made inferior repairs in an attempt to conceal them.

EDWARDSVILLE — A Louisiana mother alleges her daughter suffers from a life-alerting and potentially deadly disease as a result of being fed Enfamil formula as a premature infant.

EDWARDSVILLE — A mother is suing Mead Johnson and Abbott, claiming her premature son required part of his intestines to be removed after developing necrotizing entercolitis.

A tree trimmer is pursuing sanctions against an Edwardsville homeowner, alleging she filed a fraudulent liability waiver after she sought dismissal arguing that he was pursuing the complaint in an “attempt to find insurance coverage.”

EDWARDSVILLE — A Madison County man alleges a driver who failed to yield the right of way at an intersection in Alton caused a collision, resulting in injuries.

EDWARDSVILLE — A motorist and passenger claim they suffered serious injuries in a rear end collision on Route 159 in Glen Carbon.

EAST ST. LOUIS – Defendants in a Florida court’s national litigation of Zantac cancer suits claim that clients of Ann Callis sued them in Madison County to escape an obligation to sue in Florida.

Imagine a husband going to his wife with a grand scheme to get his family out of the financial trouble they’re in. Out of control spending and too much debt has made a mess of their lives and his wife has been asking him for years to scale down spending and cut back excesses. Unfortunately, that’s never happened and now things are desperate.

EDWARDSVILLE — A woman who fell over an elevation change in the exit way leading to the public sidewalk at a business in Bethalto and suffered injuries is claiming negligence. Clara Couch filed a complaint Aug. 27 in the Third Judicial Circuit for Madison County against Peach Investments LLC and Whitfield Insurance Agency Inc., doing business as Illinois Insurance Agency alleging negligence and premises liability. Couch alleges in her complaint that she was exiting the defendants' property on West Central Street in Bethalto on March 13, 2020, and "violently" fell onto the concrete sidewalk due to an "abrupt elevation change of the exit way" leading to the public sidewalk.

Madison County Chief Judge Bill Mudge asked the Judiciary Committee to approve hiring a full-time special defender to handle post conviction petitions as special defenders are stretched thin with murder trials.

EDWARDSVILLE — Fayette County Hospital and others are accused of failing to timely and properly treat a patient's infection led to her death.

Republicans had argued Gov. JB Pritzker's COVID-related limits on the size of political gatherings were unconstitutional, because he selectively enforced them, allowing huge Black Lives Matter protests, while shutting down GOP gatherings in 2020.

EDWARDSVILLE — An African American employee at Southern Illinois University alleges a white co-worker intentionally spit on his car windshield and door handle last year.

Illinois made an important first step in its break with the corrupt practices that defined the legislative process under former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan. New ethics rules about lobbying, financial disclosures and the legislative watchdog were passed in the final hours of the session, but the reforms may die after the House rejected a technical change to the legislation by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

EDWARDSVILLE — A woman claims a Briggs Stratton riding mower's clutch/brake failure caused her to suffer serious injuries and permanent scarring.