News from January 2011
Law firm claims Sara Buske knew about pre-nup that led to legal malpractice case
Beasley A Springfield law firm that represented Sara Buske in her divorce from ex-trucking baron Thomas Buske claims she knew about a pre-nuptial agreement that is the crux of her legal malpractice suit.
Illinois: Death by Taxes
During the Illinois General Assembly's lame duck session, Democrat leaders have moved to abolish the death penalty at the same time as signing the economic death warrant for state's economy.
House squashes 'Lawsuit Loan Shark' bill
Akin The waning days of the 96th General Assembly have been a major departure from a typical lame-duck session. The death penalty, pension reform, worker's compensation reform and tax increases are just a few of the big ticket items brought up during the lame duck session.
Lawyer loan sharks harpooned
There's one solution to the crime problem in Illinois: make everything legal.
Insurer sues Carrier and Sears over faulty furnace
The insurance carrier for a Marissa couple is suing the maker and seller of a furnace that allegedly caused $221,000 worth of damage to their home.
Carr's former partners await asset search results
Carr EAST ST. LOUIS – Rex Carr's former partners, probing for ways to collect hundreds of thousands he owes them, discovered the first thousand.
School janitor's 'roughhousing' suit to be heard in February
Cueto A Belleville school janitor who seeks more than $800,000 in damages over injuries he claims to have suffered due to student horseplay has been given 21 days to amend his complaint.
Bayer seeks protection from global discovery requests in Yaz MDL
Herndon EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge David Herndon has set a Jan. 20 hearing on his authority over documents of drug company Bayer from more than 100 nations.
Apex and Sinclair settle Hartford suits for $4 million; Attorneys to share $1.3 million in fees
Goldenberg Apex and Sinclair, the last oil companies defending claims that refinery operations contaminated groundwater in the village of Hartford, agreed to settle for $4 million.
Du-Con move to quash defense subpoena in Syngenta atrazine case canceled
Perica A motion to quash hearing that had been set Friday in Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge's court has been canceled.
February status hearing set in Spragues' suit over 2009 accident
LeChien A status conference is set next month in a personal injury suit filed by Belleville attorney Robert Sprague and his wife, St. Clair County Auditor Patty Sprague.
CVS immune supplement class notice hearing set Jan. 19
Cueto A class notice hearing in a case involving the effectiveness of CVS Pharmacies Inc.'s version of the immune supplement "Airborne" is set for 9 a.m. on Jan. 19.
Church is 'forum shopping'; Greensfelder asks to take St. Stanislaus case to St. Louis
The Rev. Marek The law firm being sued by its former clients in a dispute over who owns and controls St. Stanislaus Koska Roman Catholic Church is asking to take the case across the river to St. Louis.
ISBA: Governor should sign death penalty abolition bill
To the Editor:
Madison, St. Clair offices, courts closed Monday
County offices in Madison and St. Clair Counties as well as both the Third and Twentieth Circuit Courts will be closed Monday to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Driver injured in accident sues Schnuck's on Dram Shop claims
A St. Clair County man is suing the owners of a grocery store for selling a woman alcohol, which allegedly led to her driving drunk and crashing into him.
Alleged car jackers sued by family injured in collision
A family from Chicago is suing two St. Clair County men who allegedly stole a car and, while trying to get away, crashed into them.
Shiloh intersection accident subject of suit
A St. Clair County man is suing the driver of a car that allegedly crashed into him at a Shiloh intersection.
Alexander County bar attack is subject of St. Clair County suit
A Clinton County man wants to be paid more than $200,000 after allegedly being hit by a bottle during a bar fight in the village of McClure, located in Alexander County.
New Athens accident is subject of suit
A St. Clair woman is suing the driver and owner of the car she says crashed into her in New Athens.