News from July 2010
Doing things the hard way
If a cashier rings up the wrong price, or the new sale price hasn't been entered into the store computer and the scanner records the old price instead, you draw the cashier's attention to the error.
Wood River woman claims legal malpractice in suit
A Wood River woman blames a law firm for causing her to lose thousands of dollars when a judge dismissed her personal injury lawsuit.
Testimony wraps up in retrial of '03 medical malpractice case
Crowder Jurors heard their last witness in the retrial of a 2003 medical malpractice suit that will last into a third week in Madison County.
United Life Insurance class action settlement hearing reset to Aug. 25
The initial hearing on the settlement of a nine year-old class action case over the alleged sales fraud of credit insurance sold to car buyers has been pushed off.
18 new asbestos cases filed in Madison County July 19-23
A total of 18 new asbestos lawsuits were filed in Madison County Circuit Court during the week of July 19 through July 23.
Bi-State awaits Illinois Supreme Court decision on statute of limitations
Cueto SPRINGFIELD – Bi-State Development Agency commissioners anxiously wait for the Illinois Supreme Court to decide whether the agency enjoys the same protections from personal injury claims as cities and counties.
Bayer produces 10 million documents for 'Yaz' claimants; Plaintiffs claim faulty page breaks
Herndon EAST ST. LOUIS – Bayer drug companies have yielded more than 10 million pages of documents to women suing over oral contraceptives Yasmin and Yaz, yet some of the lawyers for the claimants haven't completed simple fact sheets.
Tri-City Speedway sued by woman injured in stairway
A woman has filed suit against a Pontoon Beach race track and its owner, alleging that an uneven stairway caused her to sustain injuries to her left leg and a fractured right leg.
Crowder to hear arguments by insurer in foot amputee's settlement
Crowder An insurance company sued by an Alton man who won more than $1 million last year in a personal injury trial is asking a Madison County judge to rule in its favor in a case stemming from a settlement with the injured party.
Nurses move for summary judgment in '03 wrongful death suit
Matoesian Two nurses who are defendants in a '03 wrongful death suit are asking for summary judgment just days before the case is set for trial.
Melanoma expert says plaintiff theory is 'preposterous' in med mal retrial
Carr A defense expert on skin cancer refuted theories that a woman's removed mole was the site of the skin cancer that killed her as a Madison County medical malpractice trial continued Thursday.
Ladder was defective, injured man claims
A man has filed suit against the company that he says supplied him with a ladder that caused him to fall.
Pressure sores not treated, says wrongful death suit against Memorial and nursing home
The administrator of a deceased man's estate has filed suit against the hospital where doctors allegedly failed to treat his pressure sores, causing him to develop an infection and die.
Levaquin suits mounting in St. Clair County; 463 new plaintiffs joined in five suits
Lowe Five more groups have added complaints to the growing list of lawsuits against Johnson and Johnson, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development and Walgreens over an antibiotic that they say caused them severe tendon problems.
More asbestos suits filed in Madison County
Browder Thirty-four new asbestos lawsuits were filed in Madison County Circuit Court during between June 1 and June 20.
Crowder to hear motions in breach of contract suit filed by husband against wife
Broom Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder is set to hear motions in a suit over retirement savings allegedly taken by a Granite City man's wife -- who also allegedly left him in a bath tub for days after a fall.
Critics of EPA's Jackson say she bows to both extremes
Jackson Soon after President Barack Obama tapped Lisa P. Jackson to take the reins at the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the agency announced it would be re-reviewing a commonly used farming pesticide – atrazine – and its potential health effects.
Driver claims injuries in Golf Course Road accident
A Clinton County woman has filed suit against the driver who she claims struck her vehicle while the driver attempted to turn left.
Steel company claims it's owed for work on Nucor building in Dupo
A steel erection company claims a St. Louis man owes them more than $50,000 for work it performed for him.
Memorial Hospital and doctor named in med mal case
A St. Clair County woman has filed suit against a doctor and Memorial Hospital, alleging she suffered from a torn esophagus after a surgery he performed.