News from March 2005
Plaintiff Peach awarded windfall judgment against Granite City
9 Briarcliff Dr. in Granite City--Peach offered $68,900 for it. Posing as the buyer of a Granite City home, a resourceful Madison County woman pulled $20,000 in $100 bills out of her purse and handed it over to an incredulous seller as down payment for a $68,900 house she had never seen on the inside.
Home repairman gets trapped in legal web
Kevin Link, a home repairman in Granite City, got caught in a legal web. In the course of helping people improve their lots in life, Granite City home repairman Kevin Link was caught in a legal web strung by an opportunistic plaintiff and her attorney.
Loophole spares Peach from paying property tax
In the year-and-a-half that Armettia Peach owned 9 Briarcliff Dr. in Granite City, she never paid a penny for property tax.
Anatomy of Peach v. Granite City
Armettia Peach, who stands to gain a $78,242.50 judgment against Granite City for issuing an occupancy permit when it shouldn't have, originally aimed her suit erroneously at A2Z Construction co-owners Kevin Link and David Lambert, claiming they performed cosmetic repairs that hid numerous defects.
Legal costs keep businessman from hiring
Pointing to a mound of black dirt in the yard of his current home repair project on Elm Street in Granite City, Kevin Link lamented, "There's a kid that works at McDonald's that asked me for work. If I had not paid a thousand in legal fees, I could have paid him to move this dirt."
Friday April 8
8:30 a.m.
New Lawsuits: Thursday, March 31
Fresh from the courthouse
Building owner claims former tenant misused building
9711 Fuser Road in Mascoutah. Dev-Co Limited Partnership filed a lawsuit against DDS Right Choice Services March 24 in St. Clair County Circuit Court seeking damages for damage DDS allegedly made while leasing a building on 9711 Fuesser Road in Mascoutah.
Injured railroad worker files FELA against Norfolk Southern
Norfolk Southern Railway has once again been targeted in a Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) suit filed in Madison County.
Mexican restaurant diner sues for pain and lost time
Ramon's El Dorado Restaurant in Collinsville A diner at a popular Mexican restaurant in Collinsville, who slipped and fell on an uneven floor, is seeking $50,000 in damages for injuries and lost time, according to a suit filed March 30 in Madison County Circuit Court.
Wrongful death suit filed on behalf of man whose head is crushed
Value Village in St. Louis.
The family of a man whose head was crushed in a baling machine filed a wrongful death lawsuit against International Baler Corp. of Jacksonville, Fla. in St. Clair County Circuit Court on March 24.
Thursday April 7
8:30 a.m.
Q&A: Will the NCAA Final Four showdown be part of your weekend plans?
Wondering what the latest hoopla is around the St. Louis region? In a random street poll, Record reporter Heather Anderson asks people whether the NCAA Final Four showdown across the Mississippi is in their weekend plans.
Federal jury hands down crack cocaine conviction
James "Coop" Cooper, 37, of Carbondale was convicted of possessing and dealing crack cocaine by a federal jury in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis, U.S. Attorney Ronald Tenpas announced March 30.
New Lawsuits: Wednesday, March 30
Fresh from the courthouse
Moran dismisses more than 100 cases during spring clean-up docket
As expected, Madison County Circuit Judge George Moran held a clean-up docket on March 30 knocking off more than 100 idle cases.
Gonzales names Tenpas to advisory committee
Ronald Tenpas U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales has appointed U.S. Attorney Ronald J. Tenpas to serve a three-year term on his 2005 Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of United States Attorneys.
Tuesday April 5
9 a.m.
Monday April 4
9 a.m.
New Lawsuits: Tuesday, March 29
Tuesday's filings: