News from 2007
Friday, Dec. 14
9 a.m.
Applebee's to get curb service in customer's injury suit
Applebee's customer Hazel Baker claims she will be disabled for the remainder of her life because she tripped over a curb in an area of the parking lot where bushes were overgrown and lighting was poor.
Thursday, Dec. 13
9:30 a.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 12
9:30 a.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 11
9:30 a.m.
Monday, Dec. 10
9 a.m.
Med mal suit aimed at ortho surgeon and medical practice
John B. Wood, M.D. and Southern Orthopedic Associates are being sued by Laura Schoon who claims her sciatic nerve was damaged during hip replacement surgery Nov. 29, 2005.
Wal-Mart sued after dog food on floor causes woman's injuries
A Murphysboro Wal-Mart customer who fell at the store two years ago claims the store is negligent for failing to remove dog food on its floor.
Jet skier sues man with large boat for slinging beer bottle
A jet skier who got bopped in the head with a beer bottle is suing the man who allegedly threw it at him on the Kaskaskia River last year.
Chipping away
Silicon Valley's Intel Corp. invented a series of microprocessors that have accelerated the power of computing to a level once unimaginable, forever changing the world as we know it for the far better.
Early 'victory' in cards for 37 judicial candidates
More than 35 candidates for judge in Illinois will be "elected" on Tuesday, February 5, nine months before the 2008 General Election.
Dead class rep replaced with band of seven chiropractors
Jeff Millar Lakin Law Firm attorneys pursuing a Madison County class action with a dead class representative for almost four years have found seven living chiropractors to replace him.
Attorneys in Bemis class action bring another dispute for Crowder to resolve
Judge Crowder Five days after Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder told attorneys in a Lakin Law Firm class action to resolve disputes within guidelines she set or bring the disputes back to her one by one, they brought one back to her.
Tillery subpoenas retailers over Pfizer pills sold in MC in 2005
Tillery Attorney Stephen Tillery of St. Louis has served subpoenas on eight national retailers, demanding to know how many Pfizer pills they sold in Madison County in 2005.
High court knocks out class action against Intel
Justice Fitzgerald In a 5-0 decision, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled both lower courts got it wrong in a Madison County case that allowed a national class action to go forward against Intel over Pentium IV processors.
Matoesian: No damage, no moldy apartment class action
For two-and-a-half years attorney Lanny Darr of Godfrey hunted for mold damage at Bissell Apartments in Venice without finding any, so Madison County Circuit Judge Andy Matoesian at last shut down Darr's futile search.
Tom Lakin will have one trial after all, judge rules
Lakin United States District Judge J. Phil Gilbert ruled again that Tom Lakin will have just one trial.
'7 Reasons' gives teens no-questions-asked contract not to drink, drive
Drummond "7 Reasons to Leave the Party," a blunt, visual and interactive school program designed to curb dangerous teen behavior was presented to several Metro-East high schools Wednesday.
Stack's ruling sinks barge worker's Jones Act claim
Judge Stack A barge that cannot move is not a vessel.