News from September 2012
ISBA committee on judicial recusal to lay out proposal next month; Changes could 'inspire confidence,' Thies says
Thies More money has been making its way into judicial elections for some time now, but it wasn't until the U.S. Supreme Court's 2009 ruling in Caperton v. A.T. Massey that states started to put judicial recusal standards into place.
Illinois Central argues Mississippi man forum 'shopped' St. Clair County asbestos case
Eaton Plaintiff says witnesses and 'Alton documents' make St. Clair County convenient.
Madison County jury awards child accident victim $108K
A Madison County jury on Tuesday awarded $108,100 to a child injured in a 2006 auto accident.
Madison County asbestos case settles after 14 jurors picked
Behnen By the time asbestos attorneys whittled a jury from 53 to 14, the case settled at 10:02 a.m. Wednesday in Madison County Associate Judge Clarence Harrison's courtroom.
Madison County Abestos Motion Docket: 9/26 & 9/28
Wednesday, September 26
Worker says he was fired in retaliation for work comp claim
A Swansea man says he was fired from his job at a Madison County electrical company in retaliation of a workers' compensation claim.
Venice property owner claims co-owner fraudulently filed quit claim deed
Mormino The co-owner of a Madison County house says the other owner defrauded her out of her right to the property.
Hylla set to begin second trial in two weeks
Hylla A Madison County jury was selected Tuesday in a woman's personal injury case involving a trip and fall incident at a Highland residential parking lot.
Owner of Washington Park fuel sales business sued for alleged insufficient funds
Galt The owner of a Washington Park motor fuel sales facility claims its tenant has repeatedly failed to have sufficient funds in the account it uses to pay for fuel.
Supreme Court censures St. Louis workers' comp lawyer, suspends East St. Louis attorney
The Illinois Supreme Court has censured one area attorney and suspended another.
Updated: Jury selection starts in asbestos case in Harrison's court
Gori A New York attorney interviewed 53 prospective jurors about their backgrounds and careers and whether those factors could affect their judgment in an asbestos case readying for trial in Madison County Associate Judge Clarence Harrison's courtroom.
Madison County Civil Docket: 9/24 - 9/28/2012
Tuesday, September 25
Med mal complaint alleges cardiologist performed incorrect procedure
A man blames his heart doctor for blocking the arteries to his heart after the doctor allegedly performed the incorrect procedure.
Fifty-two plaintiffs sue Plavix maker Bristol-Myers Squibb in St. Clair County
Cueto The makers of the popular pain reliever Plavix face a St. Clair County lawsuit filed by 52 people who claim they suffered strokes and heart attacks after taking the drug.
Bi-State sued over man's attack on Metro
Bone An East St. Louis man claims Bi-State Development Agency failed to provide him with adequate security while he was using the company's metro, causing him to be attacked.
Class action filed over Silent Snooz; Plaintiff sued makers of Breathe Right last year
A man has filed a second putative class action complaint over a snore relief product, saying it fails to work as advertised.
Gilbert strikes objection filed to proposed settlement over atrazine
Tillery The recently-filed objection to the proposed $105 million settlement over atrazine has been thrown out.
Justice Thomas will soon be inducted into Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame
Thomas Illinois Supreme Court Justice Robert Thomas will be inducted this week into the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame
Jury decides deputies were not overly forceful in woman's arrest
Fenlon A Madison County jury ruled in favor of Madison County Sheriff's deputies Jeremy Stumpf and Stewart Stiverson after a six-day trial in Circuit Judge David Hylla's court.
Cates eclipses McGlynn in fund-raising post Labor Day; Simmons firm and its lawyers big contributors
Cates The Simmons law firm of Alton and nine of its asbestos attorneys recently contributed $45,000 to Judy Cates, Democratic candidate for the Fifth District Appellate Court.