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Nurses move for summary judgment in '03 wrongful death suit
7/29/2010 1:28 PM By Amelia Flood

Matoesian

Two nurses who are defendants in a '03 wrongful death suit are asking for summary judgment just days before the case is set for trial.

Tri-City Speedway sued by woman injured in stairway
7/29/2010 4:43 PM By Kelly Holleran
A woman has filed suit against a Pontoon Beach race track and its owner, alleging that an uneven stairway caused her to sustain injuries to her left leg and a fractured right leg.
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Crowder

Crowder to hear arguments by insurer in foot amputee's settlement
7/29/2010 1:37 PM By Amelia Flood
An insurance company sued by an Alton man who won more than $1 million last year in a personal injury trial is asking a Madison County judge to rule in its favor in a case stemming from a settlement with the injured party.
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Carr

Melanoma expert says plaintiff theory is 'preposterous' in med mal retrial
7/29/2010 12:31 PM By Amelia Flood
A defense expert on skin cancer refuted theories that a woman's removed mole was the site of the skin cancer that killed her as a Madison County medical malpractice trial continued Thursday.
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Ladder was defective, injured man claims
7/29/2010 12:29 PM By Kelly Holleran
A man has filed suit against the company that he says supplied him with a ladder that caused him to fall.
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Pressure sores not treated, says wrongful death suit against Memorial and nursing home
7/29/2010 12:22 PM By Kelly Holleran
The administrator of a deceased man's estate has filed suit against the hospital where doctors allegedly failed to treat his pressure sores, causing him to develop an infection and die.
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Lowe

Levaquin suits mounting in St. Clair County; 463 new plaintiffs joined in five suits
7/29/2010 12:12 PM By Kelly Holleran
Five more groups have added complaints to the growing list of lawsuits against Johnson and Johnson, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development and Walgreens over an antibiotic that they say caused them severe tendon problems.
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Browder

More asbestos suits filed in Madison County
7/29/2010 11:28 AM By Kelly Holleran
Thirty-four new asbestos lawsuits were filed in Madison County Circuit Court during between June 1 and June 20.
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Broom

Crowder to hear motions in breach of contract suit filed by husband against wife
7/29/2010 10:44 AM By Amelia Flood
Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder is set to hear motions in a suit over retirement savings allegedly taken by a Granite City man's wife -- who also allegedly left him in a bath tub for days after a fall.
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Jackson

Critics of EPA's Jackson say she bows to both extremes
7/29/2010 8:27 AM By Justin Anderson
Soon after President Barack Obama tapped Lisa P. Jackson to take the reins at the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the agency announced it would be re-reviewing a commonly used farming pesticide - atrazine - and its potential health effects.

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Driver claims injuries in Golf Course Road accident
7/29/2010 7:42 AM By Kelly Holleran
A Clinton County woman has filed suit against the driver who she claims struck her vehicle while the driver attempted to turn left.
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