News from March 2008
New Lawsuits: Friday, March 14
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New Lawsuits: Thursday, March 13
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New Lawsuits: Wednesday, March 12
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FELA suit: Rough caboose ride causes railroader's injury
A Marion man filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) complaint against Illinois Central Railroad in United States District Court March 13, alleging he sustained permanent injuries to his left arm when he was exposed to a violent jerk while riding on a caboose on March 20, 2005.
Stop the asbestos surge
If it's ever going to end, the new beginning starts here.
Snake bread, green beer and corned beef - traditions of St. Patrick's Day
Johnny Joe Hopkins This Monday, the 17th of March, is of course the feast of St. Patrick, the one day a year that every one is Irish, and the true bloods get a chance to strut the stuff of ethic pride. The traditions of the high feast day are many and varied, and more often than not, involve the downing of a pint or two, or perhaps the juice of the barley.
Tribute to Buckley
To the editor:
Peel assigned to low security corrections facility in Kentucky
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has placed Gary Peel at the low security Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Ashland, Ken., a low-security institution housing male inmates with a satellite camp that houses minimum security inmates.
Legal malpractice trial will last past Easter
Carr A legal malpractice trial seems to have eternal life in Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack's courtroom.
Lakin firm wants judge to set aside $3.7 million judgment; case to be heard April 10
TULSA, Okla. - U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell has set an April 10 hearing on a motion of the Lakin Law Firm to set aside a $3,752,601.80 default judgment.
Fairview Heights moves to extend discovery in Orbitz case
Burke EAST ST. LOUIS - Attorneys for Fairview Heights think they see a silver lining on the dark cloud that U.S. District Judge David Herndon cast over their proposed class action suit against Orbitz and other online travel agents.
Tillery wants to prevent Pfizer from escaping Madison County
Tillery Class action attorney Stephen Tillery of St. Louis argues that drug maker Pfizer can't escape Madison County jurisdiction because it recruited volunteers for clinical trials in the county and because business cards of two employees show Edwardsville addresses.
New report confirms Illinois is the 'Lawsuit Magnet of the Midwest'
Every day we seem to be inundated with yet even more grim economic news. The nation, the experts tell us, is headed for a recession. And so, while the nation's economy appears to be teetering at the moment, Illinois is in the uncomfortable position of facing the possibility of a recession without the luxury of ever fully recovering from the last one.
Intestine lacerated medical malpractice suit claims
Penny Keller filed a medical malpractice suit against Dr. James Dalla Riva and Anderson Hospital in Madison County Circuit Court March 11, alleging she had complications due to Dalla Riva's alleged negligence.
Mother claims driver and bar to blame for daughter's death
A mother whose daughter was killed by an alleged drunk driver filed a wrongful death suit against the man who allegedly ran her over and the tavern who allegedly served him too many alcoholic beverages.
Seven asbestos suits filed by three firms in one day for claimants in six states
Mesothelioma victims from New Hampshire, Texas, North Carolina, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan filed asbestos complaints in Madison County Circuit Court March 3, alleging their exposure to asbestos and asbestos fibers caused their illnesses.
Ketek class action seeks damages over drug's purchase price
A St. Clair County consumer fraud class action lawsuit claims the manufacturer of Ketek, an antibiotic used to treat adults with respiratory infections, fraudulently misrepresented the drug's health and safety risks to the Food and Drug Administration.