News from 2013
Edwardsville attorney requests more time to answer suit over handling of accident award
Armbruster CrowderAn Edwardsville attorney blamed for allowing a mother to withdraw funds from an account holding proceeds of her daughter's auto accident award has filed for an extension of time to respond to allegations. According to the complaint filed Aug. 16, Alexis Nichols, formerly known as Alexis Brueggeman, claims Edwardsville attorney David Fahrenkamp, doing business as Fahrenkamp Law
East St. Louis landlord sues insurer seeking payout on fire claim
Ed Sieron, who calls his businesses “technical owners” of homes in one suit, seeks a tenant’s fire insurance payout as true owner in another suit.Sieron claims Metropolitan Casualty owes $63,473.79 to E&L, one of his companies, on a policy the insurer issued to Danisha Combs.Her home, at 1529 N. 43rd St. in East St. Louis, caught fire on Oct. 2 of last year.Combs had paid the premiums, according
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Murder suspect won new trial after seeking removal of public defender
HaidaMurder suspect William Cosby won a new trial after trying to remove public defender Charles Baricevic from his case for failing to argue that the drug addiction of former St. Clair County judge Michael Cook corrupted his trial.Cosby filed a pro se motion to withdraw Baricevic on Aug. 22, writing that his attorney “steadfastly refuses” to raise issues Cosby wanted to raise.Cosby wrote that the
Granite Nursing and Rehab sued on wrongful death claims
The executor of a deceased woman’s estate has filed suit against the nursing home where he claims the woman fell, sustaining head injuries that led to her death.Charles D. Thomas claims Thelma V. Thomas was living at defendant Granite Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Dec. 15, 2011, when she fell while she was attempting to move. Because of her fall, Thelma Thomas suffered a subdural hematoma, which
GCS Credit Union sues over unpaid loan
HavronA credit union has filed suit against the two people who it claims failed to fully repay a $95,000 loan.GCS Credit Union filed a lawsuit Oct. 2 in Madison County Circuit Court against David Bozarth and Allison Bozarth.GCS alleges it lent the Bozarths $95,000 on May 8, 2009. Since then, however, the Bozarths have defaulted on the loan, according to the complaint.“There is currently due and owing
Suit seeks payment of attorneys' fees ordered in '09 nursing home jury verdict
The executor of a deceased woman’s estate claims he has not been paid tens of thousands of dollars rendered in a judgment against an Alton nursing home nearly five years ago.
Status conference set in case involving stolen police car
St. Clair County Circuit Judge Robert LeChien scheduled a mandatory status conference for Nov. 13 at 9:30 a.m. in a man’s case against the City of East St. Louis and one of its police officers alleging a criminal suspect stole a police car and caused several accidents.
Real estate agency denied motion to transfer venue; Defense says case will unnecessarily congest Madison County
Madison County Circuit Judge Andreas Matoesian denied a real estate agency’s motion to transfer venue in a couple’s lawsuit claiming that sellers of a Clinton County home failed to disclose defects.According to the complaint filed May 6, Plaintiffs Richard and Beverly Braun say they were unaware of numerous defects in their house because the residential real property disclosure report, of which they