News from March 2007
Jury clears OB-GYN of failing to diagnose breast cancer
After deliberating three-and-a-half hours a Madison County civil jury cleared a Maryville obstetrician-gynecologist of failing to diagnose breast cancer in a five day medical malpractice case.
Schwaller describes final moments of wife's life in Vioxx trial
Frank Schwaller recalled for jurors the final moments of his wife's life as his attorneys get close to wrapping up their case in Madison County's first Vioxx trial.
Jury finds for plaintiff in slip and fall trial, but cuts award in half
Ramon's El Dorado Restaurant A Madison County jury cut in half its $204,375.77 award to Marilyn Rudolph on March 9, after a five-day personal injury trial against Ramon's El Dorado Restaurant in Collinsville.
ICJL urges people to protest anti-business bill
Ed Murnane The Illinois Civil Justice League (ICJL) is urging people to call their state senators in protest of an anti-business bill picking up speed in Springfield.
Salvation Army and driver sued over collision
Amy L. Boecklen is seeking in excess of $100,000 from the Salvation Army and its truck driver for rendering her vehicle worthless after an auto accident March 10, 2005.
Motorist claims trucker left scene after propelling lumber through his windshield
Kenneth Brinker is suing Beelman Truck Co. and its employees over a 2005 accident in which a piece of lumber from the Beelman truck was ejected and propelled through the windshield of Brinker's oncoming Ford E-350 one-ton van.
Muegele and Anderson construction cos. sued by roofer
Everett Sakosko III is suing Muegele Construction Inc. and Anderson Construction Co. for injuries he sustained after falling off the roof of a home under construction in Mascoutah on Jan. 19.
Honeywell class action offers glimpse of Madison-Cook County strategy
When the Lakin Law Firm and Chicago class action attorneys teamed up more than seven years ago, they devised a novel strategy for forum shopping.
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Home to roost
So a woman holds the door for a man walking into your pizzeria and, somehow, bruises her shoulder in the process.
New evidence on Illinois as civil lawsuit 'Hellhole'
By Steven M. Puiszis
Are jurors to suspend their intellects?
To the editor:
Durbin Unmasked: The nation's most liberal senator
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin was awarded a distinction that should not go unnoticed by Illinois voters.
Merck official says study prompted drug's removal
Mikal Watts Merck's executive director of epidemiology was grilled for nearly six hours Thursday by plaintiff's attorney Mikal Watts in Madison County's Vioxx trial.
Woman claims she was beaten by another patient while being treated for overdose
Gateway Regional Medical Center A woman who was being treated for a "medicine" overdose filed suit against Gateway Regional Medical Center in Madison County Circuit Court March 7, claiming she was beaten up by another patient while recovering.
Erb's Palsy claimed in med mal suit
The parents of a child born with Erb's Palsy filed a medical malpractice suit against Diana Peterson, M.D. of Alton Multispecialists in Madison County Circuit Court March 7, claiming Peterson was negligent when delivering their baby.