News from May 2005
Tuesday June 7
9 a.m.
Second asbestos trial in a month under way in Madison County
Judge Daniel Stack General Electric and John Crane are on trial in Madison County Circuit Court's second asbestos trial in less than a month.
Memorial Hospital and doctor named in new med mal suit
Belleville Memorial Hospital Belleville Memorial Hospital and Keith Mullenger, M.D. were the targets of a medical malpractice lawsuit filed in St. Clair County Circuit Court May 26 by Madison County resident Michael Bowen.
Madison Mutual seeks dismissal from class action
Madison Mutual on 157 in Edwardsville Madison Mutual Insurance is seeking to be dismissed from a class action lawsuit filed by Godfrey resident Kyle Stark.
Merck wants Madison County class action dismissed
Circuit Judge George Moran A lawyer for Merck & Co. will try to convince Madison County Circuit Court Judge George Moran to dismiss a Vioxx class action complaint filed by Myrna Amisch of Granite City in a hearing Wednesday.
Asbestos Motion Docket: Week of June 6
Monday, June 6
May 31-June 3
Alberta Energy
Monday June 6
9 a.m.
Hurdles yet to come
The measures were long-sought and hard-fought. Now inquiring minds want to know-- will Illinois judges allow medical malpractice reform?
Montroy v.The Record?
To the editor:
Court mentality more dangerous than murderer
There are those in Madison County courts and government that don’t seem to think the county deserves its well-earned title of “#1 Judicial Hellhole in the United States,” a title they have held nationally for two years.
Wal-Mart employee sues after firing
Glen Carbon Wal-Mart A former Glen Carbon Wal-Mart employee filed suit in Madison County Circuit Court May 24 alleging he was fired after reporting safety problems.
Friday June 3
8:30 a.m.
Man sentenced for failing to remove asbestos and defrauding school
Ronald Tenpas Philip Cohn, 42, of St. Louis, was sentenced before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, East St. Louis, to five years imprisonment and five years’ supervised release.
Reaction flows in med mal epicenter
Gary Graham A bipartisan medical malpractice insurance reform compromise reached by state lawmakers inspired mixed reaction in the Metro-East--epicenter of the volcanic issue.
Med mal trial changes the way family practitioner treats patients
Dr. Kevin Bell M.D. While lawmakers try to fix the state’s doctor exodus in the final days of a bitter legislative session, a Metro-East physician feels relieved and vindicated after prevailing in a Madison County medical malpractice trial that ended Monday.
Asbestos trust fund bill moves to full Senate
Senator Arlen Spector