News from October 2005
Cottrell claims co-defendant fraudulently included in suit
Cottrell Inc. removed a personal injury complaint seeking $1 million in damages to federal court asserting that co-defendant Cassens was fraudulently included in the lawsuit.
Link reinstated as defendant in Peach case
Home remodeler Kevin Link brought back into suit After a year-and-a-half on the outside of a strange case involving the house at 9 Briarcliff Dr. in Granite City, Kevin Link finds himself right back in it.
School bookkeeper claims firing from Freeburg unfair
District Attorney Shane Jones A Waterloo woman claims Freeburg School District 70 violated the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) when board members fired her for excessive absenteeism, according to a suit filed Sept. 26 in St. Clair County Circuit Court.
QA: Publish judges' opinions, says St. Clair County Judge Stephen Rice
St. Clair County Associate Judge Stephen Rice Editor's note: Associate Judge Stephen Rice weighs in this week as The Record picks up its dialogue with St. Clair County judges.
Family of steamfitter files suit against US Steel
US Steel Granite City Works The family of a US Steel worker is suing the Granite City Works plant claiming an explosion of superheated water claimed the life of steamfitter, George Bailey.
Unauthorized release of medical history leads to suit
Deandre Commons filed suit against Southern Illinois Health Care Foundation (SIHCF) and two employees in St. Clair County Circuit Court Sept. 30, alleging private medical information was wrongfully disclosed to his employer.
Texas judge takes dim view of mass screenings
Judge Janis Graham Jack In February, U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack of Texas characterized thousands of lawsuits filed by people claiming illness from asbestos and silica exposure as raising "great red flags of fraud."
New Lawsuits: Wednesday, Oct. 5
Fresh from the courthouse:
County offers to drop 'two-tier' plan
In its effort to avert a strike and maintain business as usual, Madison County officials are dropping a "two tier" pay plan and offering a four-year contract to a union threatening to walk out.
Bike riders claim injuries, seek $50k each
Two bicyclists who claim they were permanently injured after a run-in with a pickup truck hauling a camper, are suing the driver in St. Clair County Circuit Court.
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Bextra suit filed in federal court
Jeffrey Lowe St. Louis Attorney Jeffrey Lowe filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis on behalf of seven people seeking damages for personal injuries after taking the prescription pain reliever, Bextra
Med mal suit lodged against Memorial Hospital and doctors
Belleville Memorial Hospital George Odom filed a medical malpractice suit against Belleville Memorial Hospital, Bryan Franks, M.D., Thomas Byrne, M.D., Edward Morgan, M.D. and Belleville Emergency Physicians in St. Clair County Circuit Court Sept. 29, seeking damages in excess of $250,000.
Former First Banks CEO sues for retaliatory discharge
A former chief executive officr of First Banks filed a retaliatory discharge suit against the company he once ran, in St. Clair County Circuit Court on Sept. 28.
Bi-State sued for Fairview Heights Metro injury
A Bethalto woman is claiming at least $50,000 in damages for neck and back injuries sustained from falling into an uncovered hole at the Fairview Heights Metrolink station last year.