News from December 2004
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Wednesday Dec 29
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Mother of overdose victim sues pharmacy where drug was stolen
The mother of an East Alton boy who died from an Oxycontin overdose filed suit Dec. 16 against the owner of the pharmacy where the drug was stolen.
Maag files $110 million defamation suit
Gordon Maag Gordon E. Maag, who lost a costly and contentious race for Illinois Supreme Court justice, filed a $110 million defamation lawsuit against detractors in his failed campaign.
Asbestos Lawsuits: Friday, Dec. 17
Asbestos lawsuits
Pfizer finds heart attack risk with Celebrex
Pfizer recently announced that it suspended use of its popular painkiller Celebrex in a cancer-prevention study after the medicine showed an increased risk of heart attacks.
Autobody shops team up against Country Mutual
Eight Illinois auto body shops and owners teamed up against Country Mutual Insurance Co. alleging the insurer's “calculated and malicious conduct” caused them a substantial loss of business.
Dodging serious questions
The label 'hellhole' may grab the headlines. But the American Tort Reform Association's (ATRA) “Judicial Hellholes” report is more about substance than name calling.
First Smokers � Now Eaters; What Next?
To the editor:
Dec 20-24
Ace Hardware
Education is key to court reform
The only tort reform needed is an improved education of the public and potential jurors.
Trojan Thoughts: Editor Paul Simon imparts lasting impression
The words echoed soundly for the editor of a start-up Madison County newspaper at the end of its first four months of publication: “If the people…want a spineless, wishy-washy, jellyfish-like newspaper, then I came to the wrong town.”
Northern allure
Bono Is asbestos northbound I-55?
Several Springfield GOP operatives are actively surmising that the Illinois Supreme Court has plans to move Madison County's asbestos docket north to Chicago's Cook County.
New Lawsuits: Friday, Dec. 17
Fresh from the courthouse:
Home owner held accountable for work site injury
A construction worker who was injured after falling through an opening of a first floor home under construction, is suing the owner for more than $50,000.
Husband's heating pad burn deprives wife of love; couple sues
A husband's heating pad burn and his wife's resulting deprivation of love are at the center of a $450,000 lawsuit filed against the maker and retailer of Sunbeam model 734 heating pad.
New Lawsuits: Thursday, Dec. 16
Fresh from the courthouse: