News from February 2007
Cottrell suit settles after blame reassigned
Brian Wendler settled a truck driver's suit against Georgia trailer maker Cottrell Inc., after Cottrell argued that someone else made the chain that failed and caused the trucker's accident.
Goldenberg's Hartford vapor settlement evaporates
Mark Goldenberg Mark Goldenberg's class action settlement with Equilon Enterprises and Premcor Refining over pollution in Hartford has collapsed.
Vioxx lawyers shape case for jurors in opening arguments
Andy Birchfield Opening arguments are underway in the Metro East's first Vioxx trial.
Plaintiff's attorney Andy D. Birchfield, Jr. of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles in Montgomery, Ala., told the jury that he will introduce evidence that Vioxx caused heart attacks.
National City opens new branch in O'Fallon Illinois
National City Opens Metro East Headquarters
O'Fallon, Ill. Facility Approximately Twice the Size of Standard Branch
Driscoll objects to Tillery's $16.8 million fee
John Driscoll St. Louis attorney John Driscoll would like to rein in class action competitor Stephen Tillery's hefty $16.8 million fee for settling a national Paxil case in Madison County.
Contractors sued for improperly using jackhammer on adjacent property
State Farm Insurance is seeking more than $125,000 from two Chicago-area building contractors because an excavator improperly used a jackhammer to remove an outer wall of an adjacent property.
Iron worker's estate files benzene suit in Madison County
Randy Gori Karen Walker of Troy has filed a benzene lawsuit against more than 10 major U.S. corporations in Madison County on behalf of the estate of David W. Baglin claiming he died of myeloma, a disease caused by benzene exposure.
Madison County Vioxx jury picked
A panel of 12 regular and three alternate jurors was selected in Madison County's Vioxx trial late this morning.
Dollar General sued for permitting dangerous aisles
Dollar General customer Shalanna Fayne, who tripped and fell on a clear liquid substance in the aisle of an Alton store last year, is seeking in excess of $100,000 in damages in a lawsuit filed Feb. 26 in Madison County Circuit Court.
Wednesday, Feb. 28
9 a.m.
Defense attorney gets turn to interview Vioxx jurors
"The loss of a mother and a wife is a very tragic thing," Merck attorney Dan Ball of Bryan Cave told potential jurors during a two-hour "voir dire" session in Madison County's Vioxx trial Tuesday afternoon.
New Lawsuits: Tuesday, Feb. 27
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Study: Illinois economy would suffer under atrazine ban
Don Coursey That corn growers' favorite herbicide is a frequent target of "activists" prompted an atrazine industry spokesman to warn that replacing actual science with political science would be disastrous for state agriculture.
Plaintiff's attorney in Vioxx trial grills potential jurors
Plaintiff's attorney Mikal C. Watts of Corpus Christi, Texas told potential Vioxx jurors this morning that he will be asking for an award of "tens of millions of dollars" for his client.
Tuesday, Feb. 27
9 a.m.
Asbestos Jury Docket: Monday, March 5
Monday, March 5
Teresa Barrington March Ambassador of the Month
I am the Accounting Manager for Cal Johnson's Answering Service. I have worked for the Answering Service for over 15 years. I enjoy taking care of Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable, Payroll and our 401-K.
Wisconsin woman claims second hand asbestos exposure
Most of the 25 new asbestos lawsuits filed so far this year by the SimmonsCooper law firm have been on behalf of plaintiffs from outside Illinois.
New Lawsuits: Monday, Feb. 26
Fresh from the courthouse: