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Southwestern Electric denies affirmative defenses in construction worker’s...
McCollough An electric distribution cooperative is denying all allegations brought against it in a third-party defendant’s affirmative defenses. On Oct. 17, defendant Southwestern Electric...
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Man claims doctor failed to properly perform cataract surgery
Bartholomew A man claims he was forced to undergo multiple procedures on his eye after a doctor failed to properly place the correct lens during a cataract extraction and lens implantation. Raymond and...
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Construction company sues over sale of excavator
Perryman A construction company has filed suit against the company that sold it an excavator, alleging it unknowingly purchased an older, used vehicle that had damage to electrical wires after being...
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Macy’s sued over customer’s slip on puddle of water
A woman has filed suit against Macy’s, saying she fell on a puddle of water at the store located in St. Clair Square in Fairview Heights. Elsa M. Jones claims she was walking on the ground floor of...
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American Legion Post 581 sues title company for property sale proceeds
Keck A branch of the American Legion has filed suit against a title corporation, alleging it refuses to release more than $400,000 owed to it following the sale of one of its buildings. Columbia Post...
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Mother and daughter move to strike skating rink’s objections in alleged rap
A mother and daughter blaming a Belleville roller skating rink for an alleged raped in a dark parking lot seek to strike the rink’s objections to interrogatories, saying the defendant only responded to...
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Tow truck driver was texting and driving, suit claims
A woman claims she suffered disability and disfigurement after a tow truck driver who was allegedly texting while driving struck the back of her vehicle. LaFrondria Minor-Lockett filed a lawsuit Nov....
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Woman claims doctors failed to timely diagnose deceased husband’s pancreatic...
The wife of a recently deceased man claims he died after doctors failed to diagnose him with pancreatic cancer in a timely fashion. Barbara A. Robert filed a lawsuit Nov. 15 in St. Clair County Circuit...
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Heartland Employment worker claims retaliatory discharge
Stokes A woman has filed suit against her former employer, alleging she was fired after she filed for workers’ compensation benefits. Jessica Taylor claims she worked as a field supervisor for...
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Two new lung cancer asbestos suits filed in St. Clair County
Gori Another two asbestos lawsuits have been added to St. Clair County’s asbestos docket. John Garrigus filed an asbestos lawsuit Nov. 13 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against 69 defendant...
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Doctors blamed for patient’s perforated bowel denies allegations
MacDonald Defendants named in a medical malpractice lawsuit alleging a man suffered from a perforated bowel have denied the claims against them and demanded a trial by jury. According to the...
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Father accused in civil suit of sexual assault on daughter denies...
A man blamed for causing his 12-year-old daughter’s battle with eating disorders and suicidal thoughts due to years of alleged sexual assault is denying allegations in a suit brought by the girl’s...
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City of Belleville denies liability in man’s suit over allegedly dangerous...
Beasley The City of Belleville is denying liability in a man’s complaint over injuries he sustained after allegedly failing on a sidewalk. In his July 19 complaint, Ace Fouts claims the sidewalk near...
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Man opposes motion to dismiss in lawsuit against East St. Louis and officer
Wagner A man claiming he was injured when a criminal suspect stole an East St. Louis police car and caused several accidents is opposing the defendants’ motion to dismiss. According to the complaint...
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Asbestos forum motions await Lopinot’s ruling; Will St. Clair County host...
Gori Lopinot Circuit Judge Vincent Lopinot must decide whether a year old Illinois Supreme Court decision allows St. Clair County to operate a national asbestos court. Since last Dec. 28, when the...
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Defendants in Prenda Law’s defamation suit ask judge to deny motion to...
Duffy CHICAGO – The defendants in a defamation suit brought by the now-dissolved Prenda Law firm and its former sole officer assert they have pleaded sufficient facts to advance their counterclaim. In...
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Med mal suit claims surgeons removed wrong end of colon
Caraway The son of a recently deceased woman has filed suit against the doctor who he claims failed to take out the correct end of his mother’s colon, causing her to die of sepsis. Dondre Seawood...
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Federal judge orders three Prenda Law attorneys to pay more than $260K in...
Steele Duffy Hansmeier A federal judge late last month ordered three lawyers with ties to the now-dissolved Prenda Law firm to pay more than a quarter of a million dollars in attorney fees and...
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Drug dealer announces cooperation with St. Clair County authorities; Families...
Chris Keel EAST ST. LOUIS – As Doug Oliver accepted a 30-year sentence for selling heroin, he dropped the first solid clue in months that an investigation of St. Clair County corruption continues. At...
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St. Clair County foreclosures Nov. 14-22
November 14, 2013 The Bank of New York Mellon V. Robin Sanders, Thomas E. Sanders, $53,315.15- 6101 Piat Place, East Saint Louis. 13-CH-966 November 22, 2013 Bank of America V. Roderick C. Townsend,...
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St. Clair County real estate Nov. 20-27
November 20, 2013 Belleville $13,500- 35 Nottingham Lane- The Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Shamika Patterson $18,000- 516 Portland Avenue- Secretary of Veterans Affairs to St. Clair County...
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Couple files suit over East St. Louis accident
Robinson Two people have filed suit against the driver who they claim struck their vehicle, causing them to sustain head, neck, back, shoulder, arm and leg injuries. John and Lyndelle Luecking claim...
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Woman blames F350 driver for making right turn into her car
Nelson A woman claims she suffered chest, left hip, left leg, left shoulder and left arm injuries after a driver collided with her vehicle while attempting to make a right hand turn. Misty...
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Doctor and physician’s assistant accused of misdiagnosis deny allegations
Keefe A doctor and physician’s assistant accused of misdiagnosing a patient with a gastrointestinal disease deny allegations made against them in a St. Clair County lawsuit. According to the complaint...
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Lopinot grants default judgment for plaintiff in case against attacker
Collins A man suing a Belleville bar saying he was attacked and beat up by another bar patron was granted default judgment against his alleged attacker. Plaintiff Derek Wilke filed a motion for default...
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Body Central Stores seeks to remove class action lawsuit over dressing room...
Mahoney A popular Fairview Heights clothing store seeks to remove a class action lawsuit alleging it videotaped women in the dressing room without their knowledge. Defendant Body Central filed a notice...
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Bus leasing company dismissed from lawsuit over deadly Megabus crash
Coach Leasing has been dismissed from a lawsuit filed over a fatal Megabus crash that happened last year in Montgomery County. Plaintiffs Maurine Stellhorn and Francisco Miranda voluntarily dismissed...
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Lakin’s hearing continued again in St. Clair County
Kuehn A motion hearing in the civil lawsuit against former Madison County attorney Lowell Thomas Lakin alleging sexual assault on a minor boy has been continued again. On Dec. 11, St. Clair County...
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St. Clair County real estate Dec. 2-6
December 2, 2013 Belleville $199,900- 110 E. Main Street- John D. Conkright and Beth A. Wamble to City of Belleville $42,890- 122 South 35th Street- Michael Kraemer and Diane Kraemer to John D. Rezabek...
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St. Clair County foreclosures Nov. 22-Dec. 2
November 22, 2013 Wells Fargo Bank V. Darell H. James, $92,366.34, 136 North Missouri Avenue, Belleville. 13-CH-992 November 25, 2013 Commerce Bank V. The Josef Group LLC, Joseph C. Paul, Jayne M....
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Four lawsuits alleging bladder cancer caused by Actos transferred to Cook County
Driscoll St. Clair County Circuit Judge Vincent Lopinot has transferred four lawsuits seeking nearly $2 million each after they allegedly developed bladder cancer from a medication intended to treat...
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Suit seeks uninsured motorist coverage from Standard Mutual
Melanie A man has filed suit against his insurance company, seeking money for damages he claims he sustained in a collision in Belleville. Richard Angevine alleges he had parked his 2000 General Motors...
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Belleville man sues insurer claiming it refused to pay for stolen ‘classic’ car
In a recently filed lawsuit, a Belleville man is seeking reimbursement for his vehicle after he claims it was stolen. Edward Cason filed a lawsuit Dec. 3 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Alton...
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Country Mutual sued over ESL fire loss claim
Falb A woman claims her insurance company refuses to pay damages caused to her home after it was destroyed by a fire. Bernice Lewis filed a lawsuit Nov. 22 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against...
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Madison and St. Clair counties rank No. 5 on ATRA’s judicial hellhole list;...
Murnane Akin Phillips Madison County has once again been dubbed one of the nation’s least fair civil court jurisdictions in the American Tort Reform Association’s (ATRA) annual “Judicial Hellholes”...
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Driver claims injuries in I-55/70 rear-end accident
A man has filed suit against the driver who he claims rear-ended his vehicle. Lawrence Dalton Jr. claims he was driving on the off ramp from Interstate 50/70 onto the Martin Luther King Bridge in East...
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Fairview Heights accident blamed on following too closely
Two people have filed suit against the drivers who they claim caused a multi-car collision, causing them to experience pain and suffering. Michael Jarvis claims he was driving north on Highway 159 in...
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Driver made improper left turn resulting in accident and injuries, suit says
A woman has filed suit against the driver who she claims attempted to turn left in front of her, colliding with the front of her vehicle. Alicia Kirkland claims she was driving south on Frank Scott...
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Woman claims doctors failed to diagnose painful muscle condition
Bartholomew A woman claims she suffered nerve injuries after doctors failed to diagnose her with a painful muscle condition. Angela St. Clair and Douglas R. St. Clair filed a lawsuit Nov. 27 in St....
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Bi-State sued over alleged rape at Emerson Park Metrolink Station
A woman who claims she was raped while walking across a dark and unguarded parking lot at the Emerson Park Metrolink Station is suing, saying the Bi-State Development Agency should have provided better...
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Defendants blamed for stroke-causing diet pill join motion to dismiss
Knapp Defendants blamed for developing a diet pill which allegedly caused a woman’s stroke moved to be added to a prior motion to dismiss. According to a complaint filed July 26 in St. Clair County,...
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East St. Louis Knights Club patron claims self defense in wrongful death lawsuit
Yandle Defendants in a lawsuit alleging a man died from an injury he sustained during a fight in O’Fallon answered the complaint admitting the fight occurred, but argued it was in self defense....
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Man alleging he fell on electrical stud adds defendants to personal injury suit
Beljanski A man claiming he tripped over an unmarked electrical stud while he was working amended his complaint after learning of a possible additional defendant. Plaintiff Daniel Garnett filed a...
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Bike rider sues driver claiming injuries in Frank Scott Parkway accident
Kujawa A woman filed suit against the driver who she claims struck her while she was riding on her bicycle, causing her to be thrown and to sustain severe injuries. Melissa J. West claims she was...
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Judicial candidates weigh in on ‘Hellhole’ report; McGlynn says judges must...
McGlynn Harrison Barberis With Madison and St. Clair counties ranking as the nation’s fifth worst “Judicial Hellholes” – according to the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) – what do candidates...
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Lawsuit alleging woman’s brain grew through skull fracture dismissed
Madison County Circuit Judge Vincent Lopinot granted a motion to dismiss with prejudice as to all defendants on Nov. 25 in a lawsuit alleging an 18-year-old woman died after her brain grew through her...
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St. Clair County real estate Dec. 9-12
December 9, 2013 Belleville $8,500- 23 S 16th Street- Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation to Kaja Holdings 2 LLC $205,000- 13 Signal Hill Boulevard- Gerda Lenor Link to Amy Kohler $42,800- 337...
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St. Clair County foreclosures Nov. 26-Dec. 9
November 26, 2013 JPMorgan Chase Bank V. Terri L. Serwacki, $51,529.31, 122 Carlylve Ave., Belleville. 13-CH-995 Bank of America V. James Bryan Bruce, $153,014.03, 41 Mars Drive, Belleville. 13-CH-996...
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First District rules on ongoing dispute over dissolution of Freed and Weiss...
Palmer CHICAGO — A lawyer embroiled in a contract dispute with his former law partner over the dissolution of their firm will need to find some way other than arbitration to resolve their conflict. In...
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2013: St. Clair County drug scandal – deaths, addictions and convictions
Cook Christ McGilvery Shocking is an understatement, but it’s one way to describe a drug scandal that rocked the St. Clair County Courthouse in 2013. St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook was...
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