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Appellate court decision keeps OB court battle alive
7/1/2010 2:29 PM By Steve Korris

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MOUNT VERNON - Eight years after physician Christina Midkiff left Maryville Women's Center, she still doesn't know where the law will allow her to practice.

Justices uphold award against builder, calling him 'contumacious'
7/2/2010 4:45 PM By Steve Korris
MOUNT VERNON - Robert Higgins avoided a lawsuit so flagrantly for so long that indignant Fifth District appeals judges called him contumacious.
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Fifth District says 10-year-old car accident suit belongs in Missouri, not Illinois
7/1/2010 2:53 PM By Steve Korris
MOUNT VERNON - Madison County judges kept a car crash lawsuit for 10 years when it always belonged in Missouri, according to Fifth District appeals judges.
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Fifth District asbestos ruling holds employers have duty of care in second hand exposure
6/14/2010 8:41 AM By Kelly Holleran
An employer who allows its workers to bring home clothing contaminated with asbestos fibers is responsible for any disease that worker or his immediate family members contract as a result of exposure to the carcinogenic fibers, justices for the Fifth District Appellate Court of Illinois have ruled.
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Fifth District upholds jury verdict in Union Planters v. Thompson Coburn dispute
6/8/2010 2:14 PM By Kelly Holleran
A $3.6 million verdict against a St. Louis law firm sufficiently covers legal damages an Illinois bank incurred after following the firm's advice, Fifth District Appellate Court justices ruled, affirming an earlier decision reached in Madison County Circuit Court.
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Clinton County patient can sue in St. Clair County, appellate court rules
3/11/2010 7:00 PM By Steve Korris
MOUNT VERNON - Bleeding in St. Clair County after surgery in Clinton County entitles a patient to sue the surgeon in St. Clair County, according to Fifth District appellate justices.
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Verett and partner must pay for Yellow Book advertising, appellate court rules
3/11/2010 1:34 PM By Steve Korris
MOUNT VERNON - Amanda Verett must pay an arbitration award along with law partner Patricia Dennis because they missed a deadline to reject it, Fifth District appellate court judge decided.
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Appellate Court orders new trial in old car accident case
3/10/2010 2:16 PM By Steve Korris
MOUNT VERNON - John Hopkins and Mark Goldenberg must defend themselves against a legal malpractice claim in Cairo, Fifth District appeals judges ruled on Feb. 11.
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$43 million Jablonski verdict against Ford upheld at appellate court
3/4/2010 1:18 PM By Steve Korris
MOUNT VERNON - Madison County jurors made no mistake when they hit Ford Motor Company with a $43 million verdict in a fatal crash, appeals judges of the Fifth District decided in February.
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Stack reversed in granting Cassens & Sons summary judgment
1/14/2010 12:47 PM By Ann Knef
Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack "erroneously" granted summary judgment in favor of Cassens & Sons of Edwardsville in an injury lawsuit brought by trucker Mark Graham, according to appellate court justices.
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Appellate court orders Madison County mutual funds class action be dismissed
1/13/2010 4:54 PM By Ann Knef
The Fifth District Appellate Court has ordered that a Madison County mutual funds class action be dismissed.
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