A bench trial that had been set to start Monday in St. Clair County Associate Judge Kevin Hoerner's court on claims that weed killer paraquat caused four plaintiffs to suffer Parkinson’s disease has been continued to June 1.
CHICAGO – Debt collectors who lost to State Farm at the U.S. Seventh Circuit appellate court two years ago returned with a nearly identical suit and lost again.
In January 2021, the Illinois General Assembly passed legislation that seeks to dramatically change the law in Illinois with respect to an award of prejudgment interest in personal injury lawsuits.
Local asbestos attorneys joined Madison County Judge Stephen Stobbs at the virtual HarrisMartin Midwest Asbestos Conference and provided insight into how things have had to adjust in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Heyl Royster is pleased to announce the election of Matt Hefflefinger to a three-year term as a National Director on the board of the Defense Research Institute (DRI).
EAST ST. LOUIS – Country Mutual Insurance must reimburse Continental Western Insurance for $250,540.90 in legal fees from suits over an ambulance accident, Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel ruled on Sept. 10.
Fayette County Associate Judge J. Marc Kelly granted Madison County’s motion to expedite the resolution of its dismissal from a seven-year-old bid-rigging class action alleging several tax buyers participated in a scheme with former Treasurer Fred Bathon.
According to a database by the federal Small Business Administration and Treasury Department, several local law firms have accepted millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program funds as part of the Cares Act.
Madison County has again been dismissed as a defendant in a seven-year old bid-rigging class action alleging several tax buyers participated in a scheme with former Treasurer Fred Bathon.
EDWARDSVILLE - The widow of the late Charles Keller, a politician and businessman, is facing a lawsuit over claims the estate owes $50,000 to a property company.
The Fifth District Appellate Court reversed St. Clair County Heinz Rudolf’s order denying transfer in a medical malpractice suit alleging Clinton County doctors failed to diagnose a patient’s stroke.
SPRINGFIELD – Reversal of a judge’s verdict for a doctor on one claim at trial didn’t wipe out a jury verdict for the doctor on a separate claim, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled on April 2.