News from April 2014
Wal-Mart removes worker's FMLA case to federal court
Wal-Mart has removed to federal court a lawsuit filed by a 70-plus year old worker who alleges he lost his job after he filed for time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
County and Hertz have more time to respond to harassment suit
Former Madison County Sheriff’s Department employee Jaimie Linton has been ordered to amend her sexual harassment complaint against Sheriff Robert Hertz and the County because the suit she filed last November failed to establish that federal court is the appropriate jurisdiction.
ARDC panel recommends 30-month suspension for Weiss in five-year-old case over sexual harassment allegations
A Chicago area lawyer accused of sexually harassing five former female employees, a neighbor and a stranger on the street should be suspended for 30 months, a panel of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission Hearing Board said earlier this month.
16 HeplerBroom attorneys named 'Leading Lawyers'
Bauer BozarthHeplerBroom announces that 16 of its were recently selected by their peers as 2014 Leading Lawyers:Beth Bauer - Class Action/Mass Tort Defense Troy Bozarth - Class Action/Mass Tort Defense, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Defense: General, Transportation Defense Broom FarrollGordon Broom (Advisory Board Member) - Class
Rostovtsev joins HeplerBroom as associate
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Failure to stop at Wood River intersection causes accident, suit says
A woman has filed suit against the driver she claims drove through a red light, striking her vehicle.
Head-on collision leads to Madison County suit
A man has filed suit against the driver he claims struck him in a head-on collision.Michael Anderson filed suit April 1 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Henry Carle.According to the complaint, Anderson was driving east on Illinois Highway 157 in Collinsville on April 18, 2012, when the defendant, who was driving west on the same road, struck his vehicle in a head-on collision.Because of
Truck driver caused rear-end accident on I-55, suit says
A woman has filed suit against the driver she claims rear-ended her vehicle.
Fairview Heights woman claims possible concussion in accident
A Fairview Heights woman says she may have suffered from a concussion during a collision at an intersection.
St. Clair County foreclosures April 8-15
April 8, 2014
Sieron tenant comes out a winner in competing fire claim lawsuits
Both sides lost in a legal contest between Metropolitan Casualty Insurance and landlord Ed Sieron, but one of Sieron’s tenants came out a winner.
St. Clair County real estate March 31-April 4
March 31, 2014