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Friday, March 29, 2024

News from March 2005


Plaintiff Peach awarded windfall judgment against Granite City

By Steve Korris |
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

By Steve Korris |
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

By Steve Korris |
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

By Steve Korris |
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

By Ann Knef |
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

By The Madison County Record |
8:30 a.m.

New Lawsuits: Thursday, March 31

By Steve Gonzalez |
Fresh from the courthouse

Building owner claims former tenant misused building

By Steve Gonzalez |
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

By Steve Gonzalez |
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

By Steve Gonzalez |
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

By Steve Gonzalez |
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

By The Madison County Record |
8:30 a.m.

Q&A: Will the NCAA Final Four showdown be part of your weekend plans?

By Heather Anderson |
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

By Steve Gonzalez |
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

By Steve Gonzalez |
Fresh from the courthouse

Moran dismisses more than 100 cases during spring clean-up docket

By Steve Gonzalez |
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

By Steve Gonzalez |
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

By The Madison County Record |
9 a.m.

Monday April 4

By The Madison County Record |
9 a.m.

New Lawsuits: Tuesday, March 29

By Steve Gonzalez |
Tuesday's filings: