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St. Clair County foreclosures Aug. 30-Sept. 5

There were nine foreclosures in St. Clair County August 30-September 5.

By Andrew Thomas | Sep 17, 2019

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Woman sues city of Highland over fall on curb last October

EDWARDSVILLE — A woman is suing the city of Highland after she allegedly injured her hip when she tripped and fell on a curb in October.

By Karen Kidd | Sep 13, 2019

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St. Clair County real estate Aug. 5-9

By Andrew Thomas | Sep 12, 2019

An O'Fallon residential property sold for $518,500 as part of the St. Clair County real estate transactions August 5-9.

From Cook County Record

Anne Burke, wife of indicted Chicago alderman, selected next chief justice of Illinois Supreme Court

By Cook County Record | 6 days ago

Anne Burke, an Illinois Supreme Court justice who has served on the court since 2006, and the wife of indicted Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, has been selected by her fellow justices to serve as the new chief justice of the state’s high court.

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Lawsuit filed against Hayden Wrecking Corporation over worker's alleged injury

By Colin Froment | Sep 11, 2019

Hayden Wrecking Corporation is in the middle of a lawsuit after one of its employees physically harmed a third-party truck driver during a job in August.

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Herbst Properties sued following injury on company-owned property

By Colin Froment | Sep 11, 2019

Apartment rental agency Herbst Properties is facing a lawsuit for allegedly breaching a “duty to exercise ordinary care” over a visitor's trip and fall incident.

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Granite City school district, teacher, student sued over alleged violent assault last year

By John Breslin | Sep 11, 2019

EDWARDSVILLE - A former high school student is suing his one time class mate over claims he was violently thrown on a hardwood basketball court floor, causing a broken collar bone and serious ligament damage to his shoulder.

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St. Clair County foreclosures Aug. 27-29

By Andrew Thomas | Sep 11, 2019

There were five foreclosures in St. Clair County August 27-29.

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Madison County civil docket Sept. 16-20

By Andrew Thomas | Sep 11, 2019

Madison County judges Ruth, Dugan, Smith, Stobbs, and Harrison have law cases scheduled on the civil docket for Sept. 16-20.

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Former employee sues company over biometric data collection, retention

By John Breslin | Sep 10, 2019

A former employee of a logistics company claims his employer unlawfully collected and stored his biometric information.

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Madison County man's lawsuit against Troy dentist in its last continuance, says judge in setting October trial date

By Karen Kidd | Sep 10, 2019

EDWARDSVILLE — After multiple continuances, a Madison County man's lawsuit against a Troy dentist that he claims botched his dental implants will go to trial next month, the judge in the case said in an order issued earlier this summer.

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Settlement hearing over man's injury in 2016 Alton apartment balcony collapse set next month

By Karen Kidd | Sep 10, 2019

EDWARDSVILLE — Hearing is scheduled next month in an Alton-area contractor's settlement motion filed in the case of one of three people severely injured when a metal balcony fell away from a Alton apartment in 2016.

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Madison County judge sets trial Sept. 16 in Chinese firm's debt claim, despite defendant motion to remove him

By Karen Kidd | Sep 10, 2019

EDWARDSVILLE — A Madison County judge is pushing ahead with trial later this month in a Chinese-based shelving company's lawsuit against a dissolved storage company formerly located in Madison, despite the latter's request that the judge be substituted.

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$4.3 million FACTA class certified in St. Clair Co. – after New York court expressed doubts – reversed at Fifth District

By Record News | Sep 9, 2019

MOUNT VERNON – Former St. Clair County circuit judge Vincent Lopinot failed to ask necessary questions before approving settlement of a class action against Body Shop stores, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on Sept. 6.

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Judgment against Cerro Flow reversed at Fifth District; Sanction was ‘unwarranted disregard of court authority’

By Record News | Sep 9, 2019

MOUNT VERNON – St. Clair County Chief Judge Andrew Gleeson improperly granted judgment against metal recycler Cerro Flow Products as a sanction in a discovery dispute, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on Sept. 6.

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Rudolf transfers suit to Marion County where alleged injury occurred, in wake of Fifth District ruling

By Record News | Sep 8, 2019

BELLEVILLE – Four days after appellate judges told St, Clair County Chief Judge Andrew Gleeson to send a suit to the county where the injury happened, Circuit Judge Heinz Rudolf sent a suit to the county where the injury happened.

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Patron sues Casino Queen over injuries during armed robbery

By John Breslin | Sep 5, 2019

BELLEVILLE - A patron at an East St. Louis casino claims she was injured when she tried to escape during an armed robbery.

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Madison County civil docket Sept. 9-13

By Andrew Thomas | Sep 4, 2019

Madison County judges Ruth, Dugan, Smith, Hylla, Harrison, and Stobbs have law cases scheduled on the civil docket for Sept. 9-13.

From Legal Newsline

‘Business decision’: Former DEA official works for opioid lawyers but set standards for how many pills were made

By John O'Brien | 15 days ago

Now, Rannazzisi is helping private lawyers pin the blame squarely on manufacturers and distributors of opioids, as well as pharmacies. A post-DEA alliance with trial lawyers has been worth six figures for Rannazzisi, who has been hailed as a whistleblower by those cheering attempts to prosecute the opioid industry for the nation’s addiction crisis.