News from February 2008
Friday, March 7
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Thursday, March 6
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Wednesday, March 5
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Monday, March 3
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Sears wants saw blade case moved to Scott County
Dan Ball Sears is asking Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder to transfer a product liability case to Scott County, arguing the case has little if any connection to Madison County.
Med-mal suit against Anderson anesthesiologists gets quick boot
Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder Jurors took just two hours to clear two Maryville anesthesiologists of any wrongdoing in a medical malpractice trial that had nearly lasted four weeks.
Judge rejects Lakin's plea deal
Tom Lakin (left) leaving the federal courthouse in Benton on Feb. 28, with his lawyer Scott Rosenblum. BENTON, Ill. -- A federal judge has rejected a plea deal by high-profile Metro-East lawyer Tom Lakin that would have removed all the sex charges against him in return for guilty pleas on the drugs charges.
Inmate's suit targets prison guards' treatment, Ill. jail policy
A jailed sex offender has sued the Illinois Department of Corrections for $2 million damages claiming his Constitutional rights were breached in an Illinois prison.
Seaman seeks compensation, payments in barge-injury claim
A barge worker on the Mississippi River who claims he permanently injured his hip on the job has sued Teco Barge Line for failing to provide a safe working environment.
Lawyer's pricey malpractice testimony draws big legal crowd
Tom Keefe An expert witness charging $1,000 per hour was the star attraction last week at the malpractice trial of law firm Thompson Coburn.
Crushed by truck in parking lot, woman's estate files suit
Schneider National Carriers The estate of Cathie Ann Dolter filed a wrongful death complaint against Schneider National Carriers, Keene's Transfer and Marion Beaty in Madison County Circuit Court Feb. 20, alleging she was struck by a truck while walking at the Flying J's in Granite City on Jan. 21.
Mediation breaks down in Hartford vapor complaints
Nine months of mediation in lawsuits of Hartford residents claiming damages from petroleum vapors brought the village to a dead end.
Pfizer wants Tillery to cough up plaintiffs' Celebrex and Bextra Rx bills
Drug maker Pfizer has delivered 36 million pages of facts about painkillers Celebrex and Bextra to class action attorney Stephen Tillery, but he won't tell Pfizer who prescribed the pills for his clients or who paid for the pills.
Corpse replaced with chiropractors in 6th amended complaint against American Family
Millar Lakin Law Firm attorneys who have kept a Madison County class action alive with a dead class representative for four years propose to replace the corpse with a far flung band of chiropractors.
Witness on stand for fifth day in Thompson Coburn trial
Carr If anyone in Judge Daniel Stack's courtroom had been praying for divine intervention it may have arrived Tuesday via comic relief in a drawn-out legal malpractice trial against Thompson Coburn.
Sandberg, Phoenix & von Gontard opens office in Edwardsville
Sandberg, Phoenix & von Gontard, P.C. announces the opening of its newest office in Edwardsville effective Feb. 25.
Adverse reaction to wash formula alleged in suit
A woman who slipped on a floor mat at an area gas station filed a personal injury suit against the supplier of the mats in Madison County Circuit Court Feb. 22.
Change of plea hearing set in Lakin case
Tom Lakin
United States District Judge J. Phil Gilbert in Benton will hold a plea agreement hearing in Tom Lakin's criminal case Thursday at 10 a.m.