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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…

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,…

A patient claims she was injured while being transported to get her COVID-19 vaccine. Lebanon HCO LLC, which is doing business as Lebanon Care Center; Petersen Health Care Management; Christine Davis; and Cheryl Doe were all named as defendants in the suit. Georgina R. Francis, as attorney-in-fact for Gloria J. Francis, claims Gloria Francis was a resident of Lebanon Care…

A bicyclist claims he was injured when he was hit by a cab driver. Jeremy Errandi claims he was riding his bicycle on Oct. 21, 2021, on the westbound shoulder of East Edwardsville Rd. when Angela Pruitt, an employee of Area's Best Cabs, allegedly struck Errandi, according to a complaint filed in Madison County Circuit Court. Errandi claims following the…