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March 4, 2025

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March 4, 2025

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Personal Injury

Woman alleges injuries from collapsed wall

A woman claims she was injured when a wall collapsed on her at Madison 66. Lauren Spiroff filed a complaint in Madison County Circuit Court against Singh Petroleum Inc., doing business as Madison 66, alleging negligence. Spiroff alleges in her complaint that she was at the defendant's premises to shop and use the gambling machines. She claims that as she…
Personal Injury

Motorist sues over hit-and-run crash with tractor trailer

A motorist alleges she was injured in a hit-and-run collision with a tractor trailer driver. Michelle Mitchell filed a complaint in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Deanna Hart, 1 B.A.B.E. Trucking LLC, and others, alleging negligence. According to Mitchell's complaint, Hart was operating a tractor trailer on June 28, 2017, in the right westbound lane of Interstate 24 in…
Workers' Compensation

Human error mostly to blame for sanitation worker fatality: Illinois OSHA

Human error was largely to blame for the workplace death of an Illinois sanitation worker who was crushed by a garbage truck during trash pickup services in Springfield in October 2022, according to a report released Monday by the Illinois Division of Occupational Safety and Health. The employee was pinned between a garbage truck and a brick fence column. The…
Personal Injury

Argosy Casino faces negligence lawsuit after patron trips and falls on floor

A woman is suing Argosy Casino in Alton for negligence after allegedly tripping over a hump on the floor and injuring herself. Plaintiff Vicki L. Renault filed the lawsuit in the Madison County Circuit Court against Alton Casino, LLC, doing business as Argosy Casino, citing negligence and premises liability. According to the lawsuit, Renault was a patron of the Argosy…
Personal Injury

Belleville Township High School District sued after student allegedly injured in bus collision

A mother has filed a lawsuit against the Belleville Township High School District, alleging her daughter sustained injuries in a rear-end collision while riding the school bus. Motorists have filed a negligence lawsuit against an auto dealership after they were allegedly rear-ended by one of the dealership's employees during an auto collision on I-45. Plaintiffs Monique Williams, as next friend…
Personal Injury

Medical malpractice suit alleges patient lost use of lower extremities after surgery

A patient claims she lost the use of her lower extremities following surgery at Memorial Hospital-Belleville. Richard Newsom filed a complaint in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Evan Neville, MD, Protestant Memorial Medical Center Inc., doing business as Memorial Hospital -Belleville, alleging medical malpractice. Newsom, according to his complaint, underwent a diagnostic aortogram at Memorial Medical on Sept. 27,…

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