News from 2016

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Woman alleges injuries after slipping on oil

By Michael Abella |
BELLEVILLE – A woman is suing Ashland Consumer Markets d//b/a Valvoline Oil Change, a property operator, alleging negligence and insufficient measures taken to prevent injuries.
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Woman files class action against SI Wireless saying it sent unwanted auto texts

By Michael Abella |
EAST ST. LOUIS — A consumer has filed a class action lawsuit against SI Wireless LLC, a telecommunication company, citing alleged violation of telephone harassment statutes.
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Apex Physical Therapy says former employees violated agreements

By Louie Torres |
EDWARDSVILLE — A physical therapy business is suing former employees claiming breach of contract.
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LeChien substitution rate persists in St. Clair County

By The Madison County Record |
St. Clair County voters approved circuit judge Robert LeChien in November, but litigants continue seeking to replace him. 
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Woman alleges damages from debt collector

By Wadi Reformado |
EAST ST. LOUIS — A woman claims Weltman, Weinberg & Reis violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act in its attempts to collect an alleged debt.
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New chief judge, same dubious behavior

By The Madison County Record |
St. Clair County Court has a new chief judge: Andrew Gleeson has replaced John Baricevic.
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Man alleges misrepresentation against debt collector

By Wadi Reformado |
EAST ST. LOUIS — A man alleges he suffered damages by deceptive debt collection practices.
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Illinois losing 1 resident every 4.6 minutes, could fall behind Pennsylvania population

By Michael Lucci, Illinois Policy Institute |
Illinois has record loss of 114,000 residents to other states in 2016 as population shrinks by 37,500.
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Patient alleges injuries from failed neck procedure

By Wadi Reformado |
EAST ST. LOUIS — A patient filed a medical malpractice suit alleging several doctors failed to properly place an IJ center line in his neck.
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Trucking company accused of causing collision

By Wadi Reformado |
EAST ST. LOUIS — ADM Trucking is suing a California trucking company and one of its drivers for allegedly causing a collision.
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Former Prenda attorneys who litigated porn hacking suits in St. Clair County indicted in Minnesota

By The Madison County Record |
MINNEAPOLIS – Paul Hansmeier and John Steele, who face criminal charges that they fooled judges into helping them extort $6 million from pornography watchers, found favor in the court of St. Clair County Circuit Judge Andrew Gleeson.  
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Woman seeks more than $1M for alleged sexual harassment

By Wadi Reformado |
EAST ST. LOUIS— An employee seeks more than $1 million in a lawsuit alleging she was sexually harassed by a co-worker at Professional Transportation.
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Couple alleges dealership did not provide gap insurance after collision

By Michael Abella |
EDWARDSVILLE – A Madison County couple alleges a dealership did not provide gap insurance that they paid for.
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Repair company denies liability in tenant’s lawsuit over black mold

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
Raz Repair seeks to dismiss an apartment tenant’s lawsuit alleging she was injured from black mold.
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Dismissal granted for Alton Memorial defendants in medical malpractice suit

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder granted dismissal, but allowed the plaintiffs to amend their complaint in a suit alleging a patient developed sepsis following surgery.
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Slusser to be sworn in as new Madison County Treasurer on Wednesday

By Kristin Regula |
Slusser to succeed previous Treasurer Kurt Prenzler, who was elected County Board Chairman
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Apartment operators deny liability in man’s suit alleging injuries from collapsed terrace

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
Operators of an Alton apartment deny liability in a man’s suit alleging he fell several stories when a terrace collapsed.
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Cook, Madison, St. Clair Counties rank sixth in ATRA’s Judicial Hellholes list

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
Maintaining a yearly spot on the American Tort Reform Association’s Judicial Hellholes list, Cook, Madison and St. Clair Counties were combined this year to make up the sixth Judicial Hellhole in the nation.
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Case management conference set in lawsuit alleging minor patient contracted herpes from dental tools

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder scheduled a case management conference in a woman’s suit alleging her daughter contracted the herpes simplex Type 1 virus from contaminated dental tools during a routine dental exam.

Madison County real estate Dec. 1-7

By Carrie Gonzolaz |
A Troy home sold for $415,000 as part of the Madison County real estate transactions for Dec. 1-7

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