News from August 2007
Brokers lavished traders with 'unlawful goodies,' class action says
A Trenton man filed a class action suit in federal court against Fidelity Management and Research and FMR Co. alleging they breached "best execution" obligations by steering transactions to brokers who lavished them with "unlawful goodies."
Passenger sues drivers for crash injuries
A woman who was injured when the car she a passenger in was involved in an accident filed suit against the drivers of both vehicles in Madison County Circuit Court Aug. 15.
Not Recommended
When we first reported earlier this summer that Belleville's Judy Cates, plaintiff's lawyer extraordinaire and former president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers' Association, had her eye on a run for judge, we didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Trial lawyers are only winners in Illinois legislature
Despite the intense media interest and the equally intense "insider" interest in what has been going on (or not going on) in Illinois government this year, the reality is that most Illinois citizens aren't paying much attention and those who are are not surprised by inept government because they don't expect government to do much that is good.
Elvis: That's the Way it Is...2007
"Elvis: That's the Way it Is," is a great, if somewhat hard to find concert documentary, featuring Elvis Presley in 1970, after the decade long exile from performing live, returning to the stage in Las Vegas, at the top of his game.
Lost billions demand regulatory reform
Most people get no further than reading a headline about regulatory matters – particularly when the topic deals with the intricacies of technology, communications and an alphabet soup of acronyms.
Bread & Collinsville Circuses
Cooper Asbestos magnate Jeff Cooper was recently airbrushed in a media report as a nationally renowned home-grown super-lawyer dangling a $100 million carrot before the lords of horseradishville.
Union Carbide claims it was a government contractor in move to fed court
Union Carbide removed a Madison County asbestos case that was filed by James Weese of Tennessee to federal court claiming it is allowed to rely on federal officer removal statutes.
Feuding class action lawyers deadlocked over deposition dates
Sluggish Lakin Law Firm attorneys missed four chances to depose Chicago attorney Eric Freed about the split between their firm and his firm.
Lakin lawyer: Bankrupting a Florida business would stop it from breaching contract
Herndon U.S. District Judge David Herndon, Tom Lakin's former law partner, has taken under advisement an opportunity to help the Lakin Law Firm destroy a small business.
Gibson convictions upheld: Investor who stole from widows, orphans helped by judges
Former Appellate Justice Gordon Maag U.S. appellate judges have affirmed the convictions of James Gibson for a monstrous fraud that Southern Illinois judges made sure he could commit.
Chocolatier sued for defaulting on lease
St. Clair Square filed suit against Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate and Matt and Tracy Howland alleging they defaulted on a lease.
Prophet sues former ESL Mayor Officer
Carl Officer (at right) A patient at the Alton Mental Health facility who claims he is a prophet is suing former East St. Louis Mayor Carl Officer for not allowing him to preach.
Family of worker crushed in conveyor belt sues
The estate of a 27-year-old man who died on the job after his head and upper torso were wedged and compressed in a conveyor belt has filed a wrongful death and product liability suit in St. Clair County Circuit Court.
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Pit bull attacks girl at birthday party, suit says
Melvin Price Park in Swansea. Shannon Peyla claims her 13-year-old daughter was attacked by a pit bull while attending a birthday party March 10 at Melvin Price Park in Swansea, according to a personal injury lawsuit filed against the dog's owners.
Insurer seeks to recover funds stolen from nursing home
Cincinnati Insurance Company filed suit against a former bookkeeper of Community Care Center of Mascoutah trying to recoup money paid on a claim.
Woman seeks $50k for neck injuries caused by mounted phone unit
Cynthia Thurm filed a personal injury suit against Wood River-based Phone Masters in Madison County Circuit Court Aug. 13, seeking damages in excess of $50,000 for neck injuries she allegedly received when a LCD display unit fell from its wall mount.