A truck driver is accused of negligently veering into another lane while traveling on Interstate 55, allegedly causing a multi-vehicle crash. Bridgette Ebersoldt and Kevin Ebersoldt filed a complaint Dec. 7 in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Merrell Enterprises LLC, Ernest Lumley and Richard Snyder, alleging negligence. According to the compliant, the Ebersoldts were driving south on Interstate…
A shopper claims she fell over a sandbag that was left on the floor at the Home Depot store in Alton. Jacqueline Hood filed a complaint Dec. 9 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., doing business as The Home Depot, alleging negligence. Hood alleges in her complaint that while shopping at the Home Depot on…
The owners of the Edison’s Entertainment Complex are being sued by a man who claims he slipped on ice while entering the property. Ronald Shafer filed a complaint Dec. 10 in the Madison County Circuit COurt against The E-Zone at Sunset Hills LLC, doing business as Edison’s Entertainment Complex, alleging negligence. According to the complaint, Shafer claims he suffered injuries,…
A woman claims she broke her kneecap when she fell in the Ruler Foods parking lot on Valentine’s Day. Pamela Asadorian filed a complaint Dec. 17 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Soho Investments Inc., alleging negligence. According to the complaint, Soho Investments owned, operated and managed a commercial property located off Nameoki Road in Granite City. Asadorian alleges…
A woman claims she was injured when she tripped on a broken sign in a Kroger parking lot, causing injuries. Lucille Clark filed the complaint on Dec. 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against Kroger Ltd. Partnership. According to the complaint, Clark was a customer at a Kroger grocery store in Anna on June…
A tractor-trailer driver and his passenger claim they were injured when another truck driver allegedly caused a rear-end collision due to traffic caused by road construction. Edgar Ramos and Derek Ramos filed the complaint Dec. 9 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against Araya Trucking LLC and Tesfemikael Tesfaldet Araya. According to the complaint, Edgar…
There were 5,333 fatal workplace injuries recorded in the United States in 2019, a 2% increase from the 5,250 in 2018 and the largest figure since 2007, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday. Demographics data painted a different picture: fatalities among workers age 55 and over increased 8% from 1,863 in 2018 to…
Workers compensation will likely continue to face challenges from the pandemic and will need to adapt to address COVID-19-related treatment gaps, according to a report released Thursday by Mitchell International Inc. In its 2020 Industry Trends Report, the San Diego-based property/casualty technology company predicts that the workers comp industry will continue to see shortages of primary care physicians and delays…
A man is suing LG and a Swansea Vape store after a lithium-ion battery in an e-cigarette allegedly exploded and caught fire, causing him to suffer third degree burns. Eric Boeving filed a complaint Nov. 23 in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Cloud 9 Vapor Lounge LG Chem America Inc., and LG Chem Ltd., alleging products liability, breach…
Jury duty notices have set Nicholas Philbrookâs home on edge with worries about him contracting the coronavirus and passing it on to his father-in-law, a cancer survivor with diabetes in his mid-70s who is at higher risk of developing serious complications from COVID-19. Philbrook and his wife, Heather Schmidt, of Camarillo, California, have been trying to convince court officials that…
