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St. Clair County real estate Aug. 7-11
An O'Fallon property sold for $2.24 million as part of the St. Clair County real estate transactions for Aug. 7-11.
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Madison County civil docket Dec. 4-8
Madison County Circuit Judge Sarah Smith has hearings scheduled on the civil docket for Dec. 4-8.
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IL Supreme Court: Plaintiffs don't need to ID proper personal estate representative before suing dead person
A split Illinois Supreme Court ruled insurer State Farm couldn't defeat a lawsuit against a deceased man for insurance proceeds by arguing the plaintiff failed to properly identify and sue a personal representative of the dead man's estate. The majority said it was enough to ask a court to appoint a special representative instead
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Madison County real estate Oct. 10-13
A Glen Carbon property sold for $545,000 as part of the Madison County real estate transactions for Oct. 10-13.
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St. Clair County real estate July 31-Aug. 4
A Caseyville property sold for $620,000 as part of the St. Clair County real estate transactions for July 31-Aug. 4.
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Madison County civil docket Nov. 27-Dec. 1
Madison County circuit judges have hearings scheduled on the civil docket for Nov. 27-Dec. 1.
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Big money biometrics privacy class actions enriching handful of lawyers at expense of IL economy, new report claims
A report from the Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse of Illinois says seven plaintiffs' class action firms account for nearly 70% of all class actions active in Chicago area courts under the stringent Biometric Information Privacy Act, commonly known as BIPA
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Madison County civil docket Nov. 20-24
Madison County Circuit Judge Threlkeld has hearings scheduled on the civil docket for Nov. 20-24.
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Madison County real estate Oct. 2-6
An Edwardsville property sold for $575,000 as part of the Madison County real estate transactions for Oct. 2-6.
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St. Clair County real estate July 24-28
A Belleville property sold for more than $1.2 million as part of the St. Clair County real estate transactions for July 24-28.
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Madison County real estate Sept. 25-29
An Edwardsville property sold for more than $4.5 million as part of the Madison County real estate transactions for Sept. 25-29.
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St. Clair County real estate July 17-21
An O'Fallon property sold for more than $900,000 as part of the St. Clair County real estate transactions for July 17-21.
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Madison County civil docket Nov. 13-17
Madison County circuit judges have hearings scheduled on the civil docket for Nov. 13-17.
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Madison County real estate Sept. 18-22
A Glen Carbon property sold for $600,000 as part of the Madison County real estate transactions for Sept. 18-22.
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St. Clair County real estate July 10-14
A Millstadt property sold for $815,000 as part of the St. Clair County real estate transactions for July 10-14.
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Madison County civil docket Nov. 6
Madison County Circuit Judge Sarah Smith has a case scheduled on the civil docket for Nov. 6
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Appeals panel: JAMA doesn't need to give trial lawyers emails about spiked Zantac study article
Illinois appellate judges ruled a man who is suing GSK over alleged Zantac cancer link can't sidestep Illinois' reporter's privilege to force the Journal of the American Medical Association to reveal the identity of a government official who communicated with JAMA editors before they spiked a story on a Zantac cancer study in 2020
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Madison County real estate Sept. 11-15
A St. Jacob property sold for more than $1.3 million as part of the Madison County real estate transactions for Sept. 11-15.
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St. Clair County real estate July 3-7
An O'Fallon property sold for $645,000 as part of the St. Clair County real estate transactions for July 3-7.
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Madison County civil docket Oct. 30-Nov. 2
Madison County circuit judges have hearings set on the civil docket for Oct. 30-Nov. 2.