News from January 2012
Edwardsville nursing home sued over resident's care
The daughter of a recently deceased woman has filed suit against the Edwardsville nursing home that she claims failed to take proper care of her mother.
Pepsi expected to answer amended complaint in mouse in Mountain Dew case by Wednesday
Unsell PepsiCo has until Wednesday to answer an amended complaint filed against it by a man who claimed he found a mouse in a can of Mountain Dew.
Madison County asbestos cases peak at 953 in 2011
Murnane The number of asbestos cases filed in Madison County in 2011 matched a previous record high reached in 2003 at 953.
Madison County Asbestos Motion Docket: 1/17 & 1/20/2012
Tuesday, January 17
Madison County Asbestos Jury Docket : 1/17/2012
Tuesday, January 17
Madison County Civil Docket: 1/16 -1/20/2012
Monday, January 16
Fifth District sides with homeowners in dispute over easement
Spomer The Fifth District Appellate Court has reversed Madison County Associate Judge Clarence Harrison's decision to dismiss a complaint against a development company and realtor who allegedly sold multiple homes while knowing the property sat on an easement.
Edwardsville Nursing and Rehab trial continued
Mudge A trial involving an Edwardsville nursing home that had been scheduled to begin Monday in Madison County, has been continued.
Trial involving personal injury case against Wood River continued
Edmonds A personal injury trial scheduled to begin Monday in Madison County Circuit Judge Andreas Matoesian's court has instead been ordered to a case management conference on the next available docket.
Buser reappointed to Jury Instruction committee
Attorney Stephen C. Buser was recently reappointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to a third term on the Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions in Civil Cases.
Comptroller to hold jobs expo Tuesday in Edwardsville
Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka in partnership with Lewis & Clark Community College and the Southern Illinois Employers Association is hosting "Employment Expo: Metro East."
Belleville rear-end accident causes injuries, suit says
A St. Clair County man and woman have filed suit against the driver who they claim rear-ended the vehicle in which they were riding.
'Sorry Works!' but not for Doug Wojcieszak
"Sorry Works!" is a program developed and promoted by Metro East gadfly Doug Wojcieszak, ostensibly to address the medical malpractice liability crisis.
TRS reform must take place
To the Editor:
County board member and chief judge argue over asbestos docket at judiciary meeting
Callis Madison County Board Member Mike Walters told Madison County Chief Judge Ann Callis and members of the county judiciary meeting Friday morning that being on the (American Tort Reform Association's) Judicial Hellhole list "scares the hell out of me."
Herndon calls off Yaz, Yasmin bellwether trials; Calls in Saltzburg as mediator
Herndon EAST ST. LOUIS – Nine days before starting a series of trials that would have shaped settlement of 10,678 suits against drug maker Bayer, U.S. District Judge David Herndon called off the series and kicked the ball of litigation to a mediator.
Harrison settles in as head of Madison County asbestos docket
Harrison Settling in as head of the nation's busiest state court asbestos docket, Madison County Associate Judge Clarence Harrison reassured lawyers packed into his small second floor courtroom on Wednesday, "Things will fit into place."
Fifth District candidates raise a little - in a race that has cost millions
Cates While recent contests for the Fifth District Appellate Court have cost between $2-3 million, the candidates running this time have raised a mere $36,000 as of Dec. 31.
Tillery seeks raw water data from IEPA to support claims; Defense says evidence should have existed before lawsuit was filed
Murphy BENTON – Two years after Stephen Tillery filed suit alleging weed killer atrazine contaminates Greenville's drinking water, he has begun to look for proof.
Woman sues Pfizer over mother's use of Zoloft during pregnancy
O'Malley A Chicago woman is suing drug manufacturer Pfizer for birth defects she says were caused by an antidepressant prescribed to her mother during pregnancy.