A nurse who contracted a skin infection through her work at a Hobart hospital can pursue a medical malpractice complaint against a physician, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled in a reversal. According to court records, Laurie Gardner, a nurse at St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, contracted scabies from contact with a patient and then unknowingly exposed her…
A woman is suing the City of Collinsville, alleging she stepped on a faulty water meter cover and fell. Breayleah Ellis and Daniel Ellis filed a complaint in the Madison County Circuit Court against the City of Collinsville, alleging negligence. The plaintiffs allege that on Nov. 5, 2022, Breayleah Ellis was walking near Strong Avenue in Collinsville when she stepped…
The family of a patient at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital claim medical professionals failed to monitor the decedent for sepsis. Theresa Ligibel, as special representative of the Estate of Courtney Ligibel, deceased, filed a complaint in the St. Clair Circuit Court against St. Elizabeth’s Hospital of The Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis and James Coleman, PA-C, alleging…
A woman is suing a Belleville nail salon after her toe had to be amputated following a pedicure. Jill Schreder filed a complaint in the St. Clair Circuit Court against American Nails, alleging negligence. According to her complaint, Schreder received a pedicure at American Nails salon on North Belt West in Belleville on April 27, 2022. She alleges she sustained…
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…
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…
A customer claims her finger had to be amputated after sustaining a cut at a Granite City nail salon. Jessica Stanton filed a complaint in Madison County Circuit Court against My Nail, alleging negligence. According to her complaint, Stanton received services at My Nail salon in Granite City on March 19, 2022. She claims she sustained a cut on her…
A jury in Illinois has ordered Chicago-based Conagra Brands to pay $7.1 million to a Pennsylvania woman who was badly injured in 2017 when a can of commercial brand cooking spray ignited in a kitchen at her workplace and set her aflame. The verdict, issued Monday in favor of Tammy Reese of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, is the first of numerous other…
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…
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…