News from February 2005
Friday Feb. 25
9 a.m.
Motomart blamed for not having crosswalk in parking lot
A man struck by a car at a Godfrey Motomart filed suit against the company accusing it of failing to have a crosswalk in its parking lot.
Religion clauses taken up again at 'First Tuesdays'
"If nowhere else, in the relation between Church and State, 'good fences make good neighbors'."
Midwest Litigation Services: court reporting goes high tech
Debbie Weaver Nothing like an entrepreneur to come up with an innovative idea that makes you wish you had thought of it first.
Mutual fund management at center of Tillery class action
Paula Beals of Edwardsville filed a class action complaint Feb. 16 in Madison County Circuit Court against The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (VALIC) of Houston, Texas, accusing it of failing to properly manage her mutual fund account.
Justice Karmeier writes first opinion as court member
Newly elected Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier delivered his first opinion since taking the oath of office Dec. 6, 2004.
Class action reform will become law Friday
The U.S. House of Representatives approved the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 in a 279-149 vote today. The bill, which will be signed into law by President Bush at the White House on Friday, mainly shifts most class action lawsuits from state to federal courts.
New Lawsuits: Thursday Feb. 17
Fresh from the courthouse:
Alsup, Ronald vs. 3-Day Blinds Inc.
#05L-0191
Williams, Rick R. vs. Ford Motor Co.
#05L-0188
Null, Emert A. vs. DB Investments Inc.
#05L-0209
Meyer, David vs. HOMEQ Servicing Corp.
#05L-0208
Lawyer accused of giving bad financial advice
Stillwell Law office at 2 W Broadway in Alton Bad financial advice prompted Phone Masters Ltd. of Wood River and its shareholders Barbara Davis and Janet Chappell to file a six-count, $300,000 lawsuit against the Stillwell Law Office and Raymond Stillwell.
Lott, Rickey vs. Pfizer Inc.
#05L-0204
Rook, David vs. Sealy Mattress Co.
#05L-0202
Crook, Frederick vs. WMC Maortgage Corp.
#05L-0206
'Subluxed' Marion County man takes on Kansas man in SCC
A Marion County man filed suit against an Olathe, Kan. resident--over a car accident that occurred in Effingham County--in St. Clair County Circuit Court on Feb. 11.
Boaz, Allison vs. Allstate Insurance Co.
#05L-0199