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Class action against United Life Insurance set for preliminary approval
7/27/2010 11:14 AM By Amelia Flood

Lakin

A Madison County class action that once encompassed a nationwide pool of car buyers who claim they unknowingly bought credit insurance is set for initial arguments in favor of its settlement.

Bozarth

Lawyers to get $18k in settlement of Shop n'Save check cashing fee class action
7/27/2010 10:44 AM By Amelia Flood
Madison County Circuit Judge Andreas Matoesian is set to give the final nod to the settlement of a class action suit filed last year against the owners of the Shop n'Save grocery chain.
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Dehner

Melanoma is 'unforgiving' disease, pathologist testifies in med mal retrial
7/26/2010 6:25 PM By Amelia Flood
Jurors watched two video depositions from a pathologist and oncologist as the retrial of a seven year-old medical malpractice case went into its fourth day in Madison County.
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Rick Jones breach of contract suit against Wood River set for case management
7/26/2010 3:43 PM By Amelia Flood
A breach of contract suit against the City of Wood River filed by a jailed real estate mogul is due in court Wednesday for a case management conference.
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Matoesian

Legal misrepresentation case set for case management Wednesday
7/26/2010 3:42 PM By Amelia Flood
A legal malpractice case against a St. Louis-based law firm is set for case management Wednesday.
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Hearing moved in plaintiff's plea for third trial in 1998 personal injury case
7/26/2010 12:43 PM By Amelia Flood
The hearing of a plaintiff's plea for a third trial in a personal injury case has been moved.
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Ruth

Case management conference set in mouse in Mountain Dew case
7/26/2010 11:59 AM By Amelia Flood
A case management conference is set in a suit filed against the maker of Mountain Dew by a man who claims he found a dead mouse in his soda.
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Carr

Testimony continues in plaintiff's case in retrial of 2003 med-mal suit
7/23/2010 11:52 AM By Amelia Flood
The plaintiff's case continued Friday in the retrial of a seven year-old suit over the alleged misdiagnosis of a woman's skin cancer.
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Chapman to preside at damages hearing in Rick Jones' breach of contract case
7/22/2010 11:59 AM By Amelia Flood
A Madison County judge is set to decide how much in damages former real estate maven Rick Jones should get in a breach of contract suit against a home buyer.
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Dripps

Plaintiff seeks third trial in 1998 personal injury case
7/22/2010 11:54 AM By Amelia Flood
The plaintiff in a personal injury case that has gone on for more than a decade and has gone to two juries is asking for a third trial.
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Carr

Oversleeping juror delays med mal retrial; Case got second chance due to juror problem
7/22/2010 11:42 AM By Amelia Flood
The second day of a Madison County medical malpractice retrial --whose first verdict was set aside due to a juror's behavior-- got a late start Thursday as a juror overslept, missing the 9 a.m. start.

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