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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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