News from December 2010
Defendants ask to push back summary judgment hearing in Hope Clinic case
Two defendants seeking summary judgment in a suit stemming from a woman's abortion at Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City are asking to push back a January hearing.
UP appealing $1.25M verdicts in combined wrongful death, personal injury case
Union Pacific Railroad Co. is appealing a $1.25 million personal injury judgment entered against the company in a combined wrongful death and personal injury suit stemming from a truck hit by a train in Missouri.
No filings in months in former employees' suit against Cahokia water district
There has been no action in seven months in a retaliatory discharge case filed against the Cahokia water district and its trustees by several former employees.
Wal-Mart asks for substitution of judge, Cueto gets slip-and-fall suit
Cueto A woman's slip-and-fall personal injury case against Wal-Mart and another defendant has a new judge.
Hearing pushed off in retaliatory discharge suit while appeal pending
A hearing on a plaintiff's request for a $130,000 bond pending a defense appeal of a $100,000 verdict has been moved.
Matoesian finds defendants in Locklear Electric class action in default
Matoesian Two defendants in one of a series of class actions filed over faxed advertisements are in default, according to an order signed by a Madison County judge.
Attorney for teachers union asks for hearing on motion to dismiss mother's suit
Falb An attorney representing the O'Fallon school district's teacher's union is asking that the court set a hearing date on his client's move to have a suit stemming from a teacher's sexual relationship with a teenager thrown out.
Courts closed Friday for New Year's Eve
The Madison and St. Clair County courthouses will be closed Friday, Dec. 31 for New Year's Eve.
Schottel responds to Young's move for sanctions over fees from Venezia wrongful death case
Schottel St. Louis attorney James Schottel Jr. claims that former St. Clair County Circuit Judge Patrick Young has not outlined how a federal suit Schottel Jr. filed against him in St. Louis federal court is "frivolous."
Hey Frank Bemis: What's up, Doc?
It's no surprise that doctors have occasional disputes with Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs). Doctors naturally want to maximize service payments and PPOs naturally want to minimize them.
America Held Hostage
Why am I always the last to know?
Tillery files pleadings under seal in federal class action over atrazine
Tillery EAST ST. LOUIS – Attorney Stephen Tillery of St. Louis sealed his reasons for subjecting Swiss holding company Syngenta AG to American justice, and he blamed the Swiss for his secrecy.
Emanuel residency supporters have connections to Madison County
Clifford Some of Chicago's top trial lawyers have joined ranks to keep mayoral hopeful and former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel on the ballot in the Feb. 22, 2011 election.
Parties possibly on verge of settlement in woman's suit over husband's, infant 's deaths
Hylla The parties in a wrongful death suit over a tow truck accident in Granite City that left a man and his nine-month-old son dead may be close to a settlement.
Plaintiff asks for $130,000 appeals bond in East County Transport retaliatory discharge case
A plaintiff who won $100,000 from East County Transport in a retaliatory discharge case tried earlier this year in Madison County is asking for $130,000 in bond while the defense appeals the verdict.
Cueto sets deadlines leading up to March certification hearing in Locklear case
Cueto A timeline for defendant Florissant Injury and Pain Relief Center to respond to a March 24 class certification hearing in St. Clair County has been set by Circuit Judge Lloyd Cueto.
Roche v. First Health class action set for status conference in February
Burke A St. Clair County class action suit filed against First Health Insurance Company by Swansea chiropractor Kathleen Roche, the objector to a competing case in Madison County, is set for a status conference on Feb. 7.
Southwest Bank files foreign judgment in Madison County
A St. Louis bank is asking to be paid the nearly $150,000 judgment awarded in a previous lawsuit.
Injured passenger goes after Old Republic Insurance
A Madison County woman is suing an insurance company after the passenger van in which she was riding in was allegedly rear-ended.
Wal-Mart sued over customer's parking lot fall
A Madison County woman names three individuals as defendants in a suit she filed after falling in a hole in a Wal-Mart parking lot.