News from May 2005
Appellate court reverses Kardis decision
Melissa Chapman Appellate Justices’ Melissa Chapman, Clyde Kuehn and James Donovan reversed a motion to compel arbitration that Madison County Circuit Judge Philip Kardis denied in October 2003 in a class action case against Cingular Wireless.
Son sues hospital for mother's heart attack
St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Bellevile Eli Sequoyah Saddler of Carrboro, N.C. is seeking more than $200,000 in damages from St. Elizabeth's Hospital claiming it is negligent for his mother's fatal heart attack.
FELA suit filed against Norfolk Southern
Benton Jefcoat filed a Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) lawsuit seeking damages in excess of $50,000 in Madison County Circuit Court May 3 against his employer, Norfolk Southern Railway.
Waggoner Equipment seeks to recover for damaged crane
Waggoner Equipment Company in Wood River Wood River-based Waggoner Equipment Company filed suit in Madison County Circuit Court May 3 seeking $125,000 in damages from United Rental and Union Electric claiming the defendants damaged a crane.
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Asbestos Motion Docket: Week of May 9
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Former Quincy Mayor Scholz joins SimmonsCooper
Former Mayor Charles Scholz enjoys lunch with the students at Madison Elementary School in Quincy. After 12 years as mayor of Quincy, Democrat Charles "Chuck" Scholz Sr. is joining SimmonsCooper law firm in East Alton.
Belleville nursing home resident alleges neglect in suit
Renaissance on Royal Heights Road in Belleville Resident Nathan Traylor is suing Belleville nursing home, The Renaissance, for more than $100,000 claiming he suffered chest, abdomen, rib and other injuries that were diagnosed there on May 1, 2003.
Patient blames practice, doctors for amputation
Claiming her doctors failed to properly treat a joint infection that led to her leg amputation, Edna Rodenberg and her husband, Kenneth Rodenberg, are seeking $450,000 from Belleville Orthopedic Surgeons and its doctors, Donald Weimer, M.D. and Scott Anderson, M.D.
Suit follows pit bull attack on 8-year-old
104 Revere Drive in Belleville The mother of an 8-year-old Illinois girl who was attacked by a pit bull is suing the dog's owners for more than $200,000.
Attorney wants class action to go on, despite client's deal
Gary Peel If the people who sue their mortgage company over a $9.46 claim cut a deal with them for $25,000, the lawsuit should go away, right?
New Lawsuits: Tuesday, May 3
Don Schmerbauch v. Brian Kugler, Marine Bar & Grill
High court rules in favor of title company fees
Supreme Court Justice Rita B. Garman (4th District)
For 39 years the Illinois Supreme Court has allowed title companies to prepare legal documents without law licenses, reasoning that they act “pro se” - for themselves.
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