News from August 2013
Tillery atrazine documents at center of controversy
BELLEVILLE – Two lawyers plan to pursue a St. Clair County injury suit against Syngenta, producer of weed killer atrazine, with documents that Syngenta’s owners arranged for a third lawyer to destroy.
Alleged heroin dealer pleads guilty
EAST ST. LOUIS – Douglas Oliver of Fairview Heights confessed what his mother would not, that deaths resulted from their criminal heroin enterprise.
PERSONNEL FILE: McCubbin joins St. Louis firm
ST. LOUIS -- Dennis McCubbin has joined the law firm of Kozeny and McCubbin, L.C. where he will concentrate his practice on representation of health care providers and nursing homes.
JPML set to hear arguments next month over transfer requests
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) will consider dozens of transfer-related requests next month, including two that could affect a pair of lawsuits pending in southern Illinois’ federal court.
Nursing home sued for employee theft
A Bethalto nursing home is being sued after one of its employees allegedly stole nearly $230,000 from a resident.
Edwardsville man sues after stop light accident
An Edwardsville man claims he was hurt when he was rear-ended while stopped at a red light.
Granite City accident results in lawsuit
A Madison County driver is accused of crashing into another car in Granite City.
Insulation company sued over traffic accident
A Centralia man is suing an Edwardsville insulation company after one of its employees allegedly crashed into him while trying to make a left turn on a Clinton County road.
Railroad worker says fumes caused throat cancer
A former St. Clair County railroad employee says he developed throat cancer from inhaling toxic fumes during nearly four decades on the job.
Former Caseyville resident accused of casting invalid ballot speaks up
BALLWIN, Mo. -- Blaine Milligan, whose vote former Caseyville mayor George Chance challenges in St. Clair County circuit court, says he voted properly.
Woman seeks dismissal of man's suit over child support payments
A woman accused of obtaining child support payments from a man who says he is not the child’s father has asked St. Clair County Circuit Judge Robert LeChien to dismiss the man’s claim against her.
Madison County Asbestos Motion Docket: 8/28/2013
Wednesday, August 28