News from October 2008
Traffic accident led to lupus, suit claims
Endelisa Simmons has filed suit against Lauren Sweitzer, alleging she obtained lupus after a collision.
Wrongful death suit filed against company hosting golf outing
Lisa Boerm has filed a wrongful death suit on behalf of her mother against Towers Fire Apparatus Co., alleging her mother died after the vehicle she was riding in collided with a vehicle one of the company's employees was driving while intoxicated.
Oncologist doubts credibility of lawsuit's certificate of merit
Oncologist Thomas Ryan, M.D. wants a wrongful death complaint filed against him in Madison County dismissed over objections to the lawsuit's certificate of merit.
Norfolk wants Indiana man's FELA claim dismissed on forum non conveniens
Norfolk Southern Railway wants Madison County Circuit Judge Andy Matoesian to dismiss a Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) suit based on the doctrine of forum non conveniens.
Motions in limine decided in surgeon's trial
Matoesian Jurors in a medical malpractice trial against a plastic surgeon accused of negligently peforming a breast reduction surgery will not hear evidence that the plaintiff was a public aid recipient.
$2 million sought from Bayer over drug Trasylol
Two Illinois citizens have filed suit against Bayer, seeking more than $2 million and claiming a drug the company produced caused acute renal failure and led to the death of one of the complainant's spouses.