Statutes of limitation don’t operate on weekends according to Circuit Judge Heinz Rudolf, who ruled that Abigail Hoerner could proceed with an injury suit she filed on a Monday. Rudolf entered an order on Dec. 28 denying a motion of defendant Quinnton Saunders to dismiss Hoerner’s complaint. Hoerner claims Saunders threw a table tennis paddle that struck her on June…
An O’Fallon woman is suing a Belleville bar, claiming another patron hit her in the head with a bottle. In the lawsuit, Amanda Buss claims she was at TR’s Place on Nov. 21, 2021 when customer Brittany Cheatham “swung a glass bottle like a bat and struck Amanda across her forehead while Amanda was a customer at the business.” Buss…
A Clinton County man is suing the department store chain Target, claiming a bathroom stall collapsed and caused him to fall on the floor. In the lawsuit, Richard Boien accuses Target of negligence. He claims he suffered “serious, painful and permanent injuries” as a result of the fall in November 2020 at the Target in Shiloh. Boien claims he suffered…
A patient claims his x-ray was misinterpreted, which allegedly delayed his lung cancer diagnosis. Plaintiff Michael Colin Murphy filed a lawsuit in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Jay Wigboldy, M.D., Central Illinois Radiological Associates, LTD., and St. Elizabeth’s Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, doing business as HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, citing…
A motorist is suing Illinois Central School Bus following a collision in Fairview Heights. Plaintiff Antonio Green filed a lawsuit in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against defendants Clarence Bell and Illinois Central School Bus, LLC, citing negligence and carelessness. According to the lawsuit, on June 24, 2021, Green was driving westbound on Bunkum Road in Fairview Heights and…
A negligence lawsuit has been filed against Illini Grain Systems, alleging one of its drivers became intoxicated while on the job and caused a collision. Plaintiff Jacob A. Johnson and Mary L. York, guardian and personal representative of plaintiff Hunter W.L. Jaycox, filed a lawsuit in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against defendants Illini Grain Systems, LLC, doing business…
A tenant at a Belleville apartment is suing her landlord, alleging she was injured by a malfunctioning door. Plaintiff Kristen Bennet filed a lawsuit in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Dale Leopker and The Estates Property Management, citing negligence and carelessness. According to the lawsuit, Bennet was a resident living in a Belleville apartment that was owned and…
A delivery driver has filed a negligence lawsuit against Prairie Farms Dairy after alleging slipping and injuring himself on the premises. Plaintiff Michael Maddox filed a lawsuit in the Madison County Circuit Court against Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc., citing negligence and carelessness. According to the lawsuit, Maddox was a delivery driver and was carrying out the duties of his job…
Traffic crashes cost Indiana 930 lives in 2021 and more than $8 billion annually, according to a national report from Washington, D.C.-based Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. To reduce crashes and fatalities, the group says Indiana should adopt a list of new laws, ranging from a motorcycle helmet mandate to a requirement that learners complete more drive time before…
The Sky Zone Trampoline Park in Fairview Heights is being sued after a child allegedly fell and injured himself due to an overcrowded trampoline court. Plaintiff Kimberly Harkins, as legal guardian of K.R., filed a lawsuit in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Innovative Heights Fairview Heights, LLC, doing business as Sky Zone Trampoline Park, citing negligence and carelessness….
