News from June 2009
Suit filed after party fails to comply with settlement agreement
PMT Montana says it is owed more than $400,000 after Gary Guilford failed to comply with a settlement agreement, according to a lawsuit filed June 4 in Madison County Circuit Court.
Route 66 Mobile Home Park attack is subject of suit
A man who says he was attacked and injured while visiting a Granite City mobile home park is suing the park.
American Legion named in suit by man blinded in attack
A man says he was blinded after he was attacked by three intoxicated patrons at the South Roxana American Legion.
Godfrey woman names construction company in auto accident suit
A Godfrey woman has filed suit against a construction company and one of its employees, alleging she sustained permanent injuries after the employee rear-ended her.
Quarry sued over worker crushed by rocks
The grandmother of a deceased man claims her grandson died after a truck full of rocks tipped over and crushed him.
Fairview Heights' legal bills requested under the Freedom of Information Act
Burke The Madison County Record has requested copies of legal bills going back four years from the city of Fairview Heights in an attempt to determine what, if anything, was paid to the city's lawyers during a battle with 13 online travel companies. A previous request for the legal bills went unfulfilled.
Brother sues brother over injuries sustained in fall from ladder
A man is suing his brother, saying he fell from a ladder as he was helping his brother remove a tree limb from his property.
Geneva personal injury attorney to head state trial lawyers association
Flowers A Geneva personal injury attorney has been named to head the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
Woman sues insurer over unpaid, uninsured motorist claim
A woman who was struck by an uninsured motorist has filed suit against her insurance company after she says it won't reimburse her for expenses she incurred related to the accident.
Detailers and More worker claims retaliatory discharge
A Granite City woman has filed suit against her former employer, alleging she was wrongly terminated after she applied for workers' compensation.
Fred Weber sues over unpaid services
A corporation says a Swansea company owes it more than $65,000 for products and services it supplied.
Parents claim doctors didn't provide adequate tracheotomy instruction
The special administrator of a deceased infant's estate has filed a suit against a children's hospital and a university, alleging doctors did not properly teach the child's parents how to monitor a child with a tracheotomy, leading to her death.
Railroad workers claim asbestosis, seek $1 million in St. Clair County FELA case
Four former railroad workers are seeking more than $1 million from five railroad corporations, alleging they developed asbestosis after they were exposed to asbestos and second-hand cigarette smoke during their employment.
Man claims he was pinned between dump truck and trailer
A man is suing an East St. Louis construction business and two of its employees after he says he was pinned between a dump truck and a box trailer.
Asbestos lawyers file Ohio couple's case in St. Clair County
An Ohio couple has filed an asbestos suit against 37 defendant corporations, alleging the man wrongfully developed lung cancer because of his exposure to asbestos.
Basement finishing company owner sues co-owner
The owner of a basement finishing company is suing his co-owner, alleging the co-owner started a competing business and wrongly kept profits from the original company for himself.
Lawmakers punt on lawsuit reform, again
Akin When lawmakers recently left Springfield at the end of the legislative session, they did so with a great deal of unfinished business on the table.
The scavengers of East Alton
The fall of the U.S. auto industry has produced plenty of losers: workers and pensioners, stockholders and bondholders, industry suppliers and the American taxpayer.
Groves trial continued to January
Crowder After she left court Thursday, Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder rethought her position regarding a trial slated to begin Monday in a complex negligence suit.
Lunging lab injury case settles
A case involving injuries caused by a "lunging" dog that was set for trial June 15 is off as its parties have reached a settlement.