News from 2007
Washington Park club sued by patron who was beaten and robbed
Miss Kitty's, a Washington Park adult liquor and exhibition hall, is being sued for more than $100,000 by a patron who was beaten and robbed outside the club last year.
Kyle Napp appointed to Mallott vacancy
Kyle Napp has been elected by the circuit judges of the Third Judicial Circuit to fill the vacancy of retiring Associate Judge Lewis Mallott.
Tillery's attempt to reopen $10 billion tobacco case may fail in light of USSC decision
Stephen Tillery Stephen Tillery must take a mighty leap to convince the Illinois Supreme Court that a new U.S. Supreme Court decision automatically revives his $10 billion class action against cigarette maker Philip Morris.
Exploding the Myth with Facts
One of the contentions of those who want to build a Gateway Connector outer-belt from Troy, Illinois, to the Jefferson Barracks Bridge is that the Metro-East population is growing, thus requiring more highways.
Worldwide Pants
This is a local legal journal, so we generally steer clear of issues and conflicts that don't originate here in our backyard.
Asbestos defendants fighting to dismiss cases that don't belong in Madison County
When Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack took over the court's massive asbestos docket in September 2004 he declared that the "astronomical burden" of looming trials demanded he dismiss cases that were not connected directly to Madison County.
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Courage, faith and the true Spirit of '76
No matter your personal agenda - liberal Democrat frustrated at the continuation of a war you thought you voted to stop, or conservative Republican incensed at the immigration amnesty bill -- you yearn for the time when leaders truly led and not just followed.
Tom Lakin in default for $28k worth of computers
Tom Lakin Bill collectors have sued Tom Lakin over payments they allege he failed to make on computers.
Pants suit imperative
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Tillery confident that recent USSC decision will reopen tobacco case
Tillery Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have rendered a decision that will force the Illinois Supreme Court to restore a $10 billion judgment that class action attorney Stephen Tillery won against Philip Morris, according to Tillery.
Stack suggests splitting class in two for dueling law firms
Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack, handling a suit with plaintiffs whose attorneys have sued each other, suggested splitting the case in two.
Lakin seeks to vacate $3.7 million default judgment
Gail Renshaw Brad Lakin didn't know that a federal judge in Oklahoma entered default judgment of about $4 million against his firm until he read about it in a newspaper, according to Gail Renshaw of the Lakin firm.
Jury awards man who drove golf cart into his Cavalier while it was being repossessed
A Madison County jury awarded William Clawson $111,118.64 for injuries he sustained after driving a golf cart into the path of his 2003 Chevy Cavalier that was being repossessed.
Defense attorney taking on 'manufactured' class actions
David Aronoff David Aronoff believes that if more defense attorneys would vigorously challenge the independence of class representatives there would be less manufactured litigation.
Fifth reverses Stack in Missouri Home Depot case
Spomer The Fifth District Appellate Court reversed Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack in a case which would have allowed a Missouri statutory law to have been tried in an Illinois state court.
Unsecured wall stud causes carpenter's injuries, suit says
Marvin Horn filed a personal injury suit against P&A Drywall Supply and D&D Construction in St. Clair County Circuit Court June 19.
Rowdy roller skaters blamed in woman's $50k suit against YMCA
Edwardsville YMCA A woman who fell while roller skating at the Edwardsville YMCA filed a personal injury suit in Madison County Circuit Court June 25, seeking damages in excess of $50,000 for injuries she allegedly received.
Hot coals on racetrack parking lot leads to $100k suit
Gateway International Raceway The mother of an 11-year-old boy who stepped on hot charcoal in the parking lot at Gateway International Raceway in Madison is suing the racetrack for failing to instruct people on how to dispose of charcoal.