News from April 2011
Madison County Asbestos Jury Docket : 4/18/2011
Monday, April 18
Madison County Civil Docket : 4/18 - 4/22/2011
Monday, April 18
Woolpert seeks $407K from McEagle Properties over Shiloh landscaping
Ludwig An Ohio landscaping corporation filed suit against the Shiloh company that it claims failed to pay more than $200,000 for landscaping services.
Buske suit against divorce attorneys gets new judge; main witness is friend of Matoesian
Pranaitis A legal malpractice case filed by Sara Buske against her former divorce attorneys has a new judge due to a witness's relationship with Madison County Circuit Judge Andreas Matoesian.
Tillery wants PR firm's documents in atrazine class action
Tillery Lead plaintiff Holiday Shores Sanitary District has asked Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge to order defendant Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. to turn over documents related to Chicago public relations firm Jayne Thompson & Associates (JTA) that it claims are not privileged.
Funeral home fall trial pushed off
Hylla The trial of a slip and fall lawsuit filed against the Paynic Home for Funerals in East Alton has been pushed off.
RP Lumber sues over unpaid materials
An Edwardsville-based lumber company has filed suit against the man who it claims failed to pay more than $200,000 for materials.
Taxes were incorrectly calculated, suit says
The family of a deceased Highland woman is accusing her former accountants of erroneously filing her tax returns for several years.
Hearing moved in Madison County security deposit class action
Antognoli A Friday hearing was pushed off in a 2010 class action brought by tenants against owners of two apartment complexes in Maryville and Glen Carbon over security deposit interest.
Closed head injury claimed in metal ball accident
A man has filed suit against his employer, alleging he was seriously injured after a metal ball attached to a crane fell on his head.
Flying J worker claims retaliatory discharge
A woman has filed suit against her former employer, alleging she was wrongfully terminated after attempting to file for workers' compensation benefits.
Former O'Fallon resident charged with conveying false threats
EAST ST. LOUIS - A former O'Fallon resident was indicted by a federal grand jury for conveying false threats to the O'Fallon Police Department and O'Fallon City Hall in November of 2006.
Collinsville laundromat sued over parking lot pothole
Giacoletto A Collinsville woman blames a laundromat for causing injuries she sustained after falling in a pothole.
Fatality caused by texting driver allegedly under influence of marijuana, suit says
The daughter of a Madison County man killed in a car crash is suing the driver of the car that allegedly rear-ended her father and pushed him into oncoming traffic.
Man injured at salvage yard sues
Mormino A Madison County man is suing an Edwardsville salvage company after allegedly tripping over a cable while walking through the yard.
Helping Hands sued over wrongful death claim
Glisson The wife of a deceased Godfrey man claims a fall from a wheelchair led to her husband's death.
Another defendant settles conveyor belt injury suit
Dripps Another defendant has settled in a man's personal injury suit related to a conveyor belt made by PKM Machine, now known as Siem Ag-PKM GMBLL.
Mudge to hold pre-trial, consider sanctions move in Granite City slip and fall suit
Mudge Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge is set to consider a sanctions move on the same day as he holds a pre-trial in a suit over a woman's slip down basement stairs in Granite City.
Case management moved to June in suit against Knockers Bar and Grill
Matoesian A case management conference in a battery suit brought against the owner of Knockers Bar and Grill in Collinsville has been reset to June.
O'Fallon school district files answer, defenses to suit over teen's sexual relationship with band teacher
O'Fallon School District 203 denies that it had any part in what came to be an illicit sexual relationship between former music teacher Matthew Lang and an Alton high school student in answers and defenses filed April 4 in a suit brought by the teen's mother.