News from 2023
Cornerstone Securities investment advisor sued for fraudulent misrepresentation
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville residents Russell and Shelley Gilliland are suing Cornerstone Securities investment advisor representative Alan Thomilson for fraudulent misrepresentation.
Patient sues St. Elizabeth's Hospital alleging injuries during throat procedure
BELLEVILLE – A former patient has filed a negligence lawsuit against St. Elizabeth's Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis and its employees claiming that she was injured during a throat procedure.
Discrimination lawsuit alleges St. Clair Pediatrics fired employee for being pregnant
BELLEVILLE – A woman has filed a discrimination lawsuit claiming that she was fired from St. Clair Pediatrics after the facility found out she was pregnant.
Second suit filed against East St. Louis property owner over fatal apartment fire
BELLEVILLE – East St. Louis tenants are suing their landlord, claiming that the property they were living in had no working smoke detectors when a fatal fire broke out.
East St. Louis property owners sued after five children died in a building fire
BELLEVILLE – Tenants have filed a lawsuit against their landlords claiming the East St. Louis residence they were living in had no working smoke detectors when a fire broke out, tragically killing five children living on the property.
Wage dispute against Brock Group alleges laborers' paychecks were trimmed
BENTON – Texas labor contractor Brock Group didn’t pay wages it agreed to pay, former employee Kevin Kelley of St. Louis County alleges at U.S. district court.
'Floodgates have officially opened': IL employers facing new lawsuit blitz under state's genetic info privacy law
Thousands of Illinois employers have faced potentially financially catastrophic class actions under the state's biometric privacy law. Now, a new raft of class actions appears to be arriving under a different law, the Genetic Information Privacy Act
Amazon settles suit alleging imported electric socks caused death
EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge David Dugan, who granted default judgment against Chinese electric sock maker Global Vasion in a wrongful death suit in 2021, has set a hearing on Nov. 15 to determine damages.
Motorist sues Toyota alleging crash caused spinal injuries due to defective seat
BELLEVILLE – A motorist is suing Toyota, alleging a defective seat in her vehicle caused her to suffer serious spinal injuries during a highway collision.
Gotion’s Illinois-China Controversy Reaches Presidential Candidate Platform; National Attention Expands
Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy slammed plans for Gotion’s electric vehicle lithium battery plants in Illinois and Michigan at a Wednesday rally near the Michigan proposed site. Gotion, which is Chinese owned, is set to receive about $8 billion in taxpayer subsidies for its Manteno plant, which will cost only $2 billion to build, and the company has clear ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
IL State Police director: Plaintiff testimonies dispute vagueness claim in gun ban challenge
Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly asked U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn to supplement his response to a motion for partial summary judgment with plaintiff depositions he claims dispute the vagueness argument.
Madison County real estate Aug. 28-Sept. 1
A Granite City property sold for $1.3 million as part of the Madison County real estate transactions from Aug. 28-Sept. 1
St. Clair County real estate June 20-23
A Shiloh property sold for more than $1 million as part of the St. Clair County real estate transactions for June 20-23.
Madison County civil docket Oct. 16-20
Madison County circuit judges have hearings scheduled on the civil docket for Oct. 16-20.
Fifth District affirms dismissal of inmate's lawsuit against Madison County Sheriff's Department
The Fifth District Appellate Court upheld Madison County Associate Judge Anthony Jumper's ruling granting dismissal of an inmate's lawsuit alleging the sheriff's department failed to protect him from another inmate.
Attorney General Raoul Leads Coalition Supporting Epa’s Proposal to Strengthen Dust-lead Regulations
Attorney General Kwame Raoul led a coalition of 13 attorneys general supporting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to strengthen dust-lead hazard standards and post-abatement clearance levels, as authorized by the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
Benchmark USA Highlights Fox Rothschild Attorneys Nationwide
Fox Rothschild LLP congratulates the following firm attorneys who are recognized in the 2024 Benchmark Litigation USA lists*:
Convictions haven’t changed the Madigan method of ruling Illinois
Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan is a man who needed blind loyalists to hold his power in Springfield over the last 40 years. Tim Mapes played that role well. Mapes was Madigan’s longtime chief of staff and held other titles as he worked alongside Madigan to control the Illinois House of Representatives and Democratic Party of Illinois.
Rosenstengel dismisses 47 Paraquat claims for failing to answer exposure questionnaire
EAST ST. LOUIS – Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel dismissed 47 suits blaming weed killer paraquat for Parkinson’s disease on Oct. 6 for failure to state basic facts.
East St. Louis resident sues Tiger Services over $61K in alleged fraudulent home repairs
BELLEVILLE – A man is suing Tiger Services for allegedly convincing his wife into signing him up for $61,176 in home repairs without his approval.