News from January 2008
Phil Lading joins Sandberg, Phoenix & von Gontard as shareholder
Lading Philip J. Lading has joined the firm of Sandberg, Phoenix & von Gontard, P.C., as a shareholder.
Busy judge pulls plug on stock option class action
More than a year after Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack took under advisement a defense motion for summary judgment in a stock options class action case, he reluctantly granted it.
Switchman files FELA complaint against Kansas City Southern
Lou A. Jethro filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act suit against Kansas City Southern Railway Co. claiming he was subjected to numerous repetitive traumas over the course of his career as a switchman from 1976 through 2007.
Plumber sues electrical contractor for construction site injury
Joseph Delozier of Belleville filed suit against Rakers Electric Contracting for damages in excess of $50,000 over a workplace accident at Joseph Arthur Middle School, which is under construction in O'Fallon.
Grease is the word in personal injury suit against Shop 'N Save
Shop 'N Save customer Pamela Campbell is suing the store for slipping on another customer's spilled chicken or other meat grease, according to a personal injury suit filed Jan. 22 in St. Clair County Circuit Court.
ISC Rules Committee to hold hearing on proposed changes
The Rules Committee of the Illinois Supreme Court will hear comments at a public hearing next week on several proposals, including the regulation of attorneys licensed outside of Illinois who want to appear in a specific proceeding in Illinois.
Toaster oven destroys home, insurer seeks money paid on claim
Depositors Insurance Company filed suit against Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex in Madison County Circuit Court Jan. 17, alleging a toaster oven destroyed its customer's home.
Man sues his parents for son's drowning
The father of a boy who allegedly drowned in his grandparents' pool filed a wrongful death suit against his own parents.
Cates puts down $669k of own money in bid for appellate court seat
Fifth District Appellate Court candidate Judy Cates and her Swansea law firm have lent $669,516.95 to the cause in hopes of unseating rival James Wexstten in the Feb. 5 primary election.
Shop class student sues Bethalto High for heavy lifting injury
A student at Bethalto High School filed a personal injury suit against Bethalto Community School District #8, alleging the school failed to provide equipment for lifting heavy things.
Minnesotan claims sales rep father suffered mesothelioma
A Minnesota man filed an asbestos suit against 10 defendant corporations in Madison County Circuit Court Jan. 16, alleging his father died from mesothelioma.
Repossessee sues repossessors following car chase and crash
All Cities Recovery Agency and its workers are being sued for $600,000 by a woman claiming she was run off the road while in pursuit of employees repossessing her car.
School District 189 sued for pregnant mother's slip on ice
A pregnant mother and her son are suing East St. Louis School District 189 for injuries they sustained last month on a walkway leading to Hawthorne Elementary School.
Friday, Feb. 1
9 a.m.
Wwednesday, Jan. 30
9 a.m.
Digit dispute, dismissed
Kudos to U.S. District Judge J. Philip Gilbert for kicking off the New Year with a bit of common sense sanity.
Professor Harold Hill runs for President
Hopkins Sen. Obama may have much to give in public life, much value to this state, this nation and indeed, in time, this planet. Just not now.
Monday, Jan. 28
9:30 a.m.
For Wexstten and Sauerberg
To the editor:
Lakin not trying to intimidate witness, 'nothing could be farther from the truth,' says lawyer
Thomas Lakin claims he did not attempt to intimidate a government witness by faxing a hand-written note. And any allegation to the contrary, he says, is "baseless" and "defies all common sense and logic."