News published on Madison - St. Clair Record in May 2009

Murnane Proponents of civil justice reform are set to testify in support of several bills tomorrow at a joint hearing of the General Assembly's Senate and House Judiciary Committees.

Hartley With major American corporations sagging under the weight of billions in asbestos-related lawsuits, Congress set out in 1994 to provide a reasonable way for companies to limit their liability to asbestos victims.

State Farm Fire and Casualty Company says two St. Clair County people owe it more than $50,000 after causing injuries to one of its insured during a collision.

Young. Fresh-faced. Self-absorbed. And most of all, pro-lawsuit. That's how East Alton law firm SimmonsCooper likes its political candidates.

Illinois state government isn't broken, it's fixed.

After three hours of argument at a class action fairness hearing Tuesday, Madison Circuit Judge Daniel Stack had had enough.

Students from Highland Middle School take part in mock trials to learn about the courts systems Friday. Madison County Associate Judges Clarence Harrison and Duane Bailey, as well as other volunteers, helped put the trials on. Today was not a good day for pop singers Miley Cyrus and Nick Jonas in Madison County Circuit Court.

A battery lawsuit brought against two police officers and the city of Madison is set for trial Monday.

Browder has donated $2,400 Attorneys, staff and relatives of East Alton asbestos firm SimmonsCooper have so far contributed more than $60,000 to the U.S. Senate campaign of Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias.

Stack South Carolina lawyer Fred Thompson claims Wells Fargo and Fifth Third banks should have stopped a Ponzi scheme involving bond issues for nursing homes, but in eight years he hasn't produced any evidence that the banks knew about the scheme.