News from 2006
Bread delivery at school results in personal injury suit
Sharon Carroll filed a personal injury suit against Lewis Bakeries in Madison County Circuit Court March 3 seeking damages in excess of $100,000 claiming she sustained injuries after tripping over a delivery ramp at the Grigsby Middle School in Granite City on March 8, 2004.
Karmeier's 'Avery' vote won't be heard by U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week refused to hear whether Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier's participation in a landmark ruling in favor of State Farm Insurance was improper.
Appellate court affirms Mendelsohn, reduces damages
The Fifth District Appellate Court has affirmed a Madison County verdict in favor of a woman whose car was wrongfully repossessed, but modified the judgment by reducing punitive damages from $500,000 to $225,000.
Thursday, March 16
10:30 a.m.
Estate sues nursing home for resident's demise
Lebanon nursing home Cedar Ridge Healthcare Center is being sued in St. Clair County Circuit Court over allegations it violated the Nursing Home Care Act, leading to the death of a resident.
Son's attack at daycare prompts mother to sue
Jessica Skenderi claims her son's daycare provider failed to protect him from getting beaten up in the restroom. She filed suit against Eden Childcare in Glen Carbon in Madison County Circuit Court March 1.
Woman's estate sues public officials for icy road, deadly accident
Reshelle Summers, as personal representative of the estate of Mary Carter, is suing a slew of public officials and entities over an auto accident death last year in East St. Louis.
Episcopal parish sued for woman's slip and fall at retreat center
Pamela Lambert Armstrong of Boone County, Mo. filed a personal injury suit against St. George's Episcopal Church in Belleville claiming she tripped while at the church's retreat center in Columbia on April 10, 2005.
Brown & Crouppen firm takes up Zyprexa case in St. Clair County
Denise Porter filed suit in St. Clair County Circuit Court Feb. 28, alleging that the prescription drug Zyprexa caused the onset of her diabetes.
Man claims heart attack from taking Vioxx
Leroy Morgan, a former user of the arthritis medicine Vioxx, claims he suffered a heart attack at age 57 after using the arthritis pain reliever Vioxx.
Fire extinguisher injures railroad worker, suit claims
An electrician for Union Pacific Railroad filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act suit in St. Clair County Circuit Court seeking damages in excess of $100,000, claiming he was injured when a fire extinguisher fell from the wall and struck him.
Jail food service contractor claims injuries from iron gate
St. Clair County Jail A food contractor at the St. Clair County Jail filed a personal injury suit against the county claiming an iron gate at the jail closed on her.
March 6-10
Abbott Labs
Tuesday, March 14
10 a.m.
Monday, March 13
9 a.m.
Schaefer Water worker cries foul after discharge
Ronald Howard filed a retaliatory discharge suit against Schaefer Water Centers in Millstadt claiming he was fired after filing a workers' compensation claim.
Another "A" word
Atrazine has one of those menacing monikers suffered by most obscure chemicals.
The Record on the Carpet
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Record TV Network, and our live broadcast of the ceremonies surrounding the first annual Madison County Bar Association -- 'Oscars Ball', where the judges and lawyers of the Third Circuit come out dressed as characters from their favorite movies.