News from June 2010
Hylla approves '03 Countrywide class action settlement
Marks One in a series of class action suits filed seven years ago over fees charged to mortgage customers is over.
7/5 - 7/9/2010
Wednesday, July 7
Citizens should be in charge of Gulf disaster fund
To the Editor:
I-LAW's position relies on bogus report
Smith It's the truth. Illinois has serious issues. We are in the midst of a state budget crisis. The nation's economy has been in the grips of one of the worst recessions in history.
When business is too good for some lawyers, it's bad for us
One has to wonder if it's worth pursuing a lawsuit for seven years to win a $30 judgment.
Asbestos bankruptcy conference highlights Chapter 11
Hartley CHICAGO - An asbestos litigation expert said rules being developed in asbestos Chapter 11 cases are serving as precedent for resolution of other mass torts.
Crowder to hear arguments on dueling motions in atrazine case
Tillery Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder is scheduled to preside over another discovery dispute in one of a series of proposed class actions stemming from alleged water contamination by a popular weed killer.
Buckles case may go to appeals court, trial called off Friday before opening
Simmons A long-fought legal malpractice case involving a number of well-known Madison County attorneys did not go to trial as scheduled Monday.
State continues its investigation of Lakin
Tom Lakin Four years after Madison County State's Attorney Bill Mudge asked for outside assistance to investigate criminal sexual assault allegations against former power broker Tom Lakin, the case remains "ongoing."
Reagan considers certifying 13-year old H&R Block class action
Brown EAST ST. LOUIS – Mark Brown of LakinChapman claims H&R Block Tax Services tricked customers into paying extra for "peace of mind" guarantees they didn't need, but about 100,000 customers who bought it wound up needing it.
Farmers Insurance sues Sunbeam over fire caused by electric blanket
Thompson An insurance company claims it had to pay a Harrisburg couple more than $240,000 after their home was burned from a fire started by a faulty electric blanket.
Kohlbrecher Truck Service sues Trenton business over unpaid goods
An Illinois corporation claim the owners of a Trenton business owe it more than $170,000 for feed and supplies they purchased.
Man's suit over botched paternity test in court
Ruth Plaintiff Gerald Spiller is suing National Legal Laboratories for allegedly contaminating a paternity test he took that would have established his paternity of the child of Sara Pate.
Hylla to hear arguments for good faith finding in drug makers' Accutane settlement
Hylla Two of the parties in a Madison County lawsuit over an acne medication's alleged effects are asking for a good faith finding in their settlement with plaintiff Jason Peipert.
Ruth to hear Saline Township motions to dismiss sexual misconduct suits
Attorneys for five women suing Saline Township and its former township supervisor over sexual misconduct allegations are asking for time to respond to defense motions to dismiss.
ATV injury suit seeks $1.2 million in damages
The mother of a minor boy has filed suit against the ATV driver who got into a collision as her son rode on his vehicle.
Injuries, loss of consortium claimed in Bethalto accident
Two people have filed suit against the driver who they claim failed to yield the right-of-way at an intersection, striking their vehicle.
Motion 6/30/2010
Wednesday, June 30
Lakin seeks $100k in fees to settle mortgage class action
Lakin The parties in a long-running Madison County class action over fees charged to mortgage customers are asking for a judge's final settlement approval.
6/28 - 7/2/2010
Monday, June 28