News from March 2011
Parties move summary judgment moves in abortion clinic battery case
A hearing on summary judgment moves by defendants in a battery suit brought against a Granite City abortion clinic, its staff, doctors and the University of Chicago Medical Center has been pushed off again.
Fairview Heights head-on crash results in injuries, suit claims
A St. Clair County woman is suing another woman for allegedly crashing into her head on.
Shiloh woman claims injuries in O'Fallon accident
A Shiloh woman claims she sustained injuries to her neck, shoulder and low back after a driver rear-ended her.
Dupo bar sued over customer's 'propensity to cause altercations'
A man who claims two bar patrons attacked him seeks more than $300,000 from the patrons and the bar where the incident allegedly occurred.
Washington Park accident is subject to suit
A woman claims she suffered disability and disfigurement when a driver failed to yield the right-of-way at a stop sign, striking her vehicle.
Green Mount Road accident causes injuries, suit claims
A woman has filed suit against the driver who she claims rear-ended her vehicle.
Child received blood thinner instead of hayfever medicine, suit claims
A mother is suing the Collinsville pharmacy she says accidentally gave her young son prescription blood thinners.
Driver accused of failing to avoid Swansea accident
A St. Clair County woman is suing the driver and the owner of a vehicle that allegedly crashed into her.
I-64 rear-end accident is subject of suit
A St. Clair County woman is suing the driver of a car that allegedly rear-ended her.
Herndon troubled by misjoinder 'gamesmanship' in Bayer MDL
Herndon EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge David Herndon didn't like the way 208 plaintiffs played a jurisdiction game against Bayer Corporation, but he declared them winners anyway.
Swansea securities broker pleads guilty in multi-million dollar fraud scheme
EAST ST. LOUIS - Victoria McGee-Harris, 58, of St. Louis, pleaded guilty today in federal court to defrauding clients out of more than $6 million by enticing them into paying for various investment products and insurance products she never purchased.
Case management conference set in mother's suit against Madison County Juvenile Detention Home
Matoesian A case management conference is set in a suit brought by the mother of a boy she claims was wrongly arrested by the Litchfield Police Department and then taken to the Madison County Juvenile Detention Home for more than 80 hours.
Ruth set to hear post-trial motion in CSX Transportation FELA case
Collignon Gunn Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth is set to hear post-trial motions Friday in a man's suit against CSX Transportation that ended in a victory for the company last year at trial.
Mudge takes disputed claim in Cincinnati PPO settlement under advisement
Odland Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge said he wasn't sure if a $500,000 disputed class action settlement claim was a matter of "form over substance" during a hearing on Thursday.
Syngenta responds to 'wasteful sideshow;' counters Holiday Shores sanctions move set for hearing April 1
Reeg Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. claims plaintiff Holiday Shores Sanitary District has turned a "good faith compromise" into a "wasteful sideshow" in a proposed Madison County class action over the herbicide atrazine.
Rock salt aisle spill leads to suit
A woman has filed suit against Kmart, alleging she fell on rock salt spilled in its aisle.
Injuries claimed in Belleville accident
A St. Clair County woman is suing a Belleville woman for allegedly crashing into her.
Sparta woman claims three women beat her up at home
A woman and her two friends are accused of beating up another woman at her home.
Man hit with dumbbell while intervening in couple's fight, sues
Ellis A St. Clair County man is asking for more than $200,000 after allegedly being hit with a dumbbell during an argument between a man and his estranged wife.
Thyroid removed unnecessarily, woman claims in med mal suit
Storment A Madison County woman claims she needlessly lost her thyroid after a doctor wrongly diagnosed her with cancer.