News from June 2008
Spirit of Enterprise: Shimkus honored by U.S. Chamber
If the local economy wants employees it has to have employers.
National Bank participates in Kids Day America
Hunter Ford of Troy wins the boys' bike. National Bank at Edwardsville recently participated in the Kids Day America/International events held at Infinite Wellness Chiropractic, Ltd: A Creating Wellness Center in Edwardsville.
La Mexicana patron taken to the ground by fellow patron
James Cox of Pontoon Beach is suing La Mexicana Restaurant for severe and permanent injuries he sustained Feb. 29 after another customer pushed him and/or fell on him.
Hearing studies were for lawsuit defense, FELA complaint says
Norfolk Southern Railway worker George Ertel claims eye injuries in a Federal Employers' Liability Act suit filed June 12 in Madison County Circuit Court.
Kraft Foods, Capri Sun named in loading dock injury suit
Dale K. Tompkin is suing Kraft Foods Global, Inc. and Capri Sun, Inc. for neck and head injuries he suffered at a Granite City loading dock June 15, 2006.
Cates leads shareholder suit against Anheuser-Busch
More Anheuser-Busch shareholders are in court complaining of stock that's as "flat as two-year-old beer."
Lost grip in patio swing incident results in $15k suit
A woman who offered her hands to help Ernest A. Tosovsky rise from a patio swing is suing his estate for injuries she sustained when he released his grip.
Raging Rivers' Space Bowl ride blamed for injuries
Raging Rivers near Grafton Raging Rivers Water Park and the designer of the Space Bowl ride are being sued in Madison County by a mother and her child who sustained face, mouth, gum and teeth injuries at the Grafton park two years ago.
Bus driver allegedly drove too fast over bump, suit claims
Richard Dermott is seeking in excess of $50,000 in damages for injuries sustained on a Madison County Transit bus after the driver ran over a bump, according to a suit filed June 16 in Madison County Circuit Court.
River worker alleges illegal oil discharge in termination suit
A former employee of American River Transporation Co. and Archer-Daniels-Midland claims his employment was terminated in retaliation for reporting that oil was being discharged into sewers and the Mississippi River.
Couple injured on motorcycle claims Goodyear Dunlop tire deflated on interstate
A Brighton couple who sustained serious injuries after the rear tire of their 2003 Harley Davidson Ultra "suddenly and catastrophically" deflated on a Missouri interstate last year are suing Goodyear Dunlop Tires.
Man claims he missed 11 years of child's life in suit against DNA lab
Gerald Spiller claims he has been deprived of the love of his child for more than 11 years in a $50,000 lawsuit filed against National Legal Laboratories, Inc.
Metro passenger seeks $75k for slipping on water
Metro Janet Bateman is seeking in excess of $75,000 for severe and permanent injuries she sustained after slipping and falling March 12 while boarding a Metro train at the East St. Louis station.
UP engineer claims injuries after falling from broken seat
Union Pacific engineer Ed Schollmeyer, Jr. has filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act suit over injuries he sustained falling from a broken seat.
This Bud's not for you, Paublo
John J. Hopkins For the generations to follow, we need to preserve that which binds, that which distinguishes, that which marks us as not just citizens of the world, but as holders of the American spirit.
A pay raise for this legislature?
To the editor:
Madigan's memo signals gathering storm
There is a reason Mike Madigan has been Illinois House Speaker for 24 of the past 26 years (the exception being the hiccup of the Gingrich Revolution year of 1994 which Madigan quickly rectified in 1996).
Stack foils Maag's strategy for keeping truckers in Madison County
Ball Attorney Thomas Maag of Edwardsville keeps trying to outfox Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack, and Stack keeps frustrating Maag's designs.