News published on Madison - St. Clair Record in September 2021

EDWARDSVILLE — A Madison County man alleges a driver who failed to yield the right of way at an intersection in Alton caused a collision, resulting in injuries.

EDWARDSVILLE — A motorist and passenger claim they suffered serious injuries in a rear end collision on Route 159 in Glen Carbon.

EAST ST. LOUIS – Defendants in a Florida court’s national litigation of Zantac cancer suits claim that clients of Ann Callis sued them in Madison County to escape an obligation to sue in Florida.

Imagine a husband going to his wife with a grand scheme to get his family out of the financial trouble they’re in. Out of control spending and too much debt has made a mess of their lives and his wife has been asking him for years to scale down spending and cut back excesses. Unfortunately, that’s never happened and now things are desperate.

EDWARDSVILLE — A woman who fell over an elevation change in the exit way leading to the public sidewalk at a business in Bethalto and suffered injuries is claiming negligence. Clara Couch filed a complaint Aug. 27 in the Third Judicial Circuit for Madison County against Peach Investments LLC and Whitfield Insurance Agency Inc., doing business as Illinois Insurance Agency alleging negligence and premises liability. Couch alleges in her complaint that she was exiting the defendants' property on West Central Street in Bethalto on March 13, 2020, and "violently" fell onto the concrete sidewalk due to an "abrupt elevation change of the exit way" leading to the public sidewalk.

Madison County Chief Judge Bill Mudge asked the Judiciary Committee to approve hiring a full-time special defender to handle post conviction petitions as special defenders are stretched thin with murder trials.

EDWARDSVILLE — Fayette County Hospital and others are accused of failing to timely and properly treat a patient's infection led to her death.

Republicans had argued Gov. JB Pritzker's COVID-related limits on the size of political gatherings were unconstitutional, because he selectively enforced them, allowing huge Black Lives Matter protests, while shutting down GOP gatherings in 2020.

EDWARDSVILLE — An African American employee at Southern Illinois University alleges a white co-worker intentionally spit on his car windshield and door handle last year.

Illinois made an important first step in its break with the corrupt practices that defined the legislative process under former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan. New ethics rules about lobbying, financial disclosures and the legislative watchdog were passed in the final hours of the session, but the reforms may die after the House rejected a technical change to the legislation by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

EDWARDSVILLE — A woman claims a Briggs Stratton riding mower's clutch/brake failure caused her to suffer serious injuries and permanent scarring.

EAST ST. LOUIS — The parents of a disabled son claim the City of Altamont demands they take down a fence encroaching on the city's easement, which was built for the safety of their son.

Spend some time in church, say a prayer for the more than 3,000 souls lost, for thanksgiving to God for the courage of all who gave so much - the firefighter, the policeman, the ironworker, whose lungs burn with permanent fire from breathing the fumes, for the families left behind, and for the grace of providence to still guide this country.

Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine plans to introduce murder suspect Timothy Banowetz’s internet search history at his trial next month for allegedly killing asbestos attorney Randy Gori.

A Collinsville commercial property sold for $2,211,000 as part of the Madison County real estate transactions Jul. 26-30.

A Shiloh land parcel sold for $1,350,000 as part of the St. Clair County real estate transactions May 17-21.

Madison County judges Ruth, Smith, and Threlkeld have law cases scheduled on the civil docket Sep. 13-17.

CHARLOTTE – Bankruptcy judge Laura Beyer threw three strikes past lawyers opposing Georgia Pacific’s investigation of fraud in asbestos litigation on Aug. 31.

Davis, Lahood Announce 183d Wing Base Project Included in Committee-passed NDAA.

Supreme Court Justice Mary Jane Theis Announces Additional at-large Cook County Circuit Vacancy.