News from September 2017
Mother alleges she tripped and fell on cone at East St. Louis elementary school
BELLEVILLE – A woman alleges a cone placed in a walkway at Miles D. Davis Elementary School caused her to fall.
Passenger alleges injuries from rear-end collision in Stookey Township
BELLEVILLE – A Belleville man alleges he was injured in a Stookey Township collision.
Woman claims she was injured by Schnuck's employee pushing shopping carts
BELLEVILLE – A Monroe County woman alleges that she was injured at a Waterloo business by shopping carts.
Man alleges Wendy's failed to warn of wet floor that caused fall
BELLEVILLE – A patron at a fast food restaurant in Fairview Heights claims that he was injured because of a recently mopped floor.
Consumer claims COCO5 drink is deceptively marketed as all natural
BELLEVILLE – A St. Clair County consumer alleges a coconut water-based drink's all natural claims are false and misleading.
Fifth District refuses son's claim on deceased mother's estate
MOUNT VERNON – The Fifth District Appellate Court has affirmed a ruling that prevents a son from receiving inheritance from his late mother’s estate.
Posner announces retirement, ending 36-year prolific, influential tenure on Seventh Circuit
After more than three-and-a-half decades on the bench at Chicago’s Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Richard Posner has announced his retirement.
Federal judge denies adding defendants to coal mine suit, saying it was attempt to defeat jurisdiction
EAST ST. LOUIS – The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois declined a request to add additional defendants to a lawsuit seeking damages for a man killed in a coal mine accident, saying it was an attempt to remand the case from federal jurisdiction to an Illinois state court.
Judges: Asbestos plaintiff not harmed by ruling barring testimony from doctor over exposure theories
A federal appeals court in Chicago has refused to upend a jury’s verdict against a retired pipefitter, who had claimed Owens-Illinois and ExxonMobil should be held liable for his lung cancer, because possible exposure to asbestos on work sites decades ago, and not a 30-year, pack-and-a-half-a-day cigarette smoking habit, had caused the illness.
Deposition: Bathon casts himself as fall guy in tax sale bid rig conspiracy
EDWARDSVILLE – Former Madison County treasurer Fred Bathon, who pleaded guilty of leading a conspiracy to rig bids, swore in May that he knew nothing about it because those who should have told him didn’t tell him.
Appeals court upholds dismissal of Menard Correctional Facility inmate's complaint
MOUNT VERNON – The Fifth District Appellate Court has affirmed a lower court’s decision to dismiss a Menard Correctional Facility inmate’s complaint for mandamus that named Illinois Department of Corrections Director John Baldwin and the administrative review board and two of its members as defendants.
Scenes of 'The Empty Man' filmed at Madison County courthouse
EDWARDSVILLE - Twentieth Century Fox filmed scenes for The Empty Man at the Madison County Circuit Court on Thursday night.
Mike Babcock announces run for 111th House District, wants to 'restore faith in Illinois'
ALTON – Mike Babcock wants to do for Illinois what he has for Wood River Township and has announced his candidacy for state representative of the 111th District in 2018.