Edwardsville man sues after stop light accident
An Edwardsville man claims he was hurt when he was rear-ended while stopped at a red light. Zachary R. Allison filed a lawsuit July 26 in Madison County Circuit Court against Renee M. Barker. Allison...
View ArticleNursing home sued for employee theft
A Bethalto nursing home is being sued after one of its employees allegedly stole nearly $230,000 from a resident. Everett Jett, on behalf of his father Adolph Laschober, filed a lawsuit July 29 in...
View ArticleAlleged heroin dealer pleads guilty
EAST ST. LOUIS – Douglas Oliver of Fairview Heights confessed what his mother would not, that deaths resulted from their criminal heroin enterprise. Oliver Oliver pleaded guilty Aug. 21 in federal...
View ArticleMadison County set to launch mobile messaging system for potential jurors
A new tool will be offered next month to help make things easier for potential jurors, allowing them to text and email questions about their jury summons. September jury duty recipients will be the...
View ArticleMadison County real estate: Aug. 12-16
August 12, 2013 Alhambra $33,500- Geiger Rd.- Joe Wayne Brosman and Mary Ruth Brosman to David L. Bluhm and Ann M. Bluhm Alton $1,000- 332 Jefferson Avenue- Justine Petersen Housing and Reinvestment...
View ArticleNo answer yet in Madison County monkey bite suit
A monkey’s owner who had been given 30 days to file an answer to a suit alleging an attack on a minor boy that occurred in a Godfrey park has not responded to a Madison County personal injury suit. The...
View ArticleCMC set in Edwardsville police officer’s suit against Big Daddy’s
Matoesian Madison County Circuit Judge Andreas Matoesian called for a case management conference in a lawsuit involving an Edwardsville police officer suing Big Daddy’s and his alleged attackers. Filed...
View ArticleCity of Alton demands jury trial after Mudge denies motion to dismiss haunted...
Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge on Aug. 9 denied the City of Alton’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit over a girl’s injuries sustained in a haunted house tour. The City was also given 21 days to...
View ArticleRuth denies petition to appeal transfer decision in trooper death case
Keefe Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth denied a defense petition for leave to appeal in a lawsuit over the death of Illinois state trooper Kyle Deatherage. The petition was filed by defendants...
View ArticleCMC scheduled for religious man allegedly harassed by disturbing phone calls
Judge Mudge Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge has set a case management conference for a suit in which a man described as deeply religious says he was called several times a day by the...
View ArticleMudge takes under advisement transfer and dismissal motions in alleged...
Dripps Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge has taken under advisement a defense motion to transfer and/or dismiss a case alleging that a recently deceased man forged his sister’s signature on a...
View ArticleHearing set in case against SuperValu worker who allegedly videotaped woman...
Hylla Madison County Chief Judge David Hylla has scheduled a pre-trial hearing in a case against a Troy supermarket employee who allegedly videotaped and photographed a Highland woman in the store’s...
View ArticleMadison County Civil Docket: 9/2 – 9/5/2013
Mudge Thursday, September 5 9 a.m. SPILLER GARY V. COCHRAN RONALD 12-L-001223, MUDGE 302 Friday, September 6 9 a.m. JAKEL JODY V. ILLINOIS CASUALTY COMPANY 09-L-001300, MUDGE 302 KNOTT DEBORAH V. SIPP...
View ArticleMadison County Asbestos Motion Docket: 9/2 – 9/6/2013
Harrison Tuesday, September 3 10 a.m. WHALE DAVID C V. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORP AS S 13-L-000003, ASBESTOS J 311 LITTON DELLA V. AMERICAN BOILER TANK & WELDING 11-L-001250, ASBESTOS J 311...
View ArticleMadison County foreclosures Aug. 7-22
August 7, 2013 U.S. Bank V. Bradley J. Huie, Karen K. Huie, $160,264.74, 505 Josh Drive, Brighton. 13-CH-616 The Bank of Edwardsville V. Walter T. Blotevogel, $278,080.04, 9643 Fruit Road, Alhambra....
View ArticleMadison County real estate Aug. 19-23
August 19, 2013 Alhambra $120,000- 102 Jefferson Avenue- Walker E.R. Gusewelle and Elizabeth H. Gusewelle to Kyle Bohnenstiehl Alton $155,000- 4831 Bambi Dr.- Shannon Effinger to Jeffrey P. and Shannon...
View ArticleGranite City accident is subject of new Madison County suit
A woman has filed suit against the driver who she claims rear-ended her vehicle. Marlene J. Gunderson claims she was driving in Granite City on Nov. 5, 2012, when defendant Lindsay M. Harlan rear-ended...
View ArticleState Farm sued by policy holder seeking under-insured damages
Caffey A man has filed suit against his insurance agency, claiming it refuses to pay him for injuries he sustained in a collision. Mark Goins claims he was injured in a vehicular collision on April 18,...
View ArticlePedestrian sues homeowner claiming gravel on sidewalk caused foot and leg...
In a recently filed lawsuit, a woman blames a man who had left gravel on his sidewalk for causing her to sustain left foot and leg injuries. Debbie Hamilton filed a lawsuit Aug. 13 in Madison County...
View ArticleB.S. Boogie’s customer claims she suffered food poisoning
A woman has filed suit against the Maryville restaurant where she claims she sustained food poisoning after eating a pork sandwich. Heather Kujawa claims she ate a pork sandwich at defendant B.S....
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