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Susan Theis v. Flowers Baking Co. of Lenexa, LLC
Granite City, Illinois personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a negligence claims. This case was filed in the Circuit County, Madison County, Illinois, 2025LA168, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant. * * * In Illinois, a negligence claim requires proving four elements: duty, breach, causation, and damages. Duty refers to the legal obligation a ...
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( 07-07-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Francis Eversman, Gregg Crawford
East Saint Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with bank fraud Former bank president and contractor plead guilty to federal charge in loan fraud scheme ...
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( 07-03-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Kenneth Loving, Jr.
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud. ...
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( 07-01-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Alen Saric
East Saint Louis, IL criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with $1.7 million vehicle sale fraud Third defendant sentenced to prison in $1.7 million vehicle sale fraud scheme A southern Illinois district judge sente...
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( 05-09-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Trevor W. Yokley
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to commit a child sex offense Vandalia man accused of attempting to commit a child sex offense U.S. District Court within the Southern Distr...
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( 04-07-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Broderick K. Currie a/k/a Broderick K. Wooters
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing cocaine and fentanyl Jury convicts Marion County drug dealer Following a two-day trial, a jury found a Centralia man guilty of federal...
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( 04-07-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Nirav B. Patel
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ne count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, three counts of wire fraud and one count of illegal entry into the U.S. by an alien Illegal immigrant convicted as part of India-based fraud conspira...
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( 02-11-2025 - IL)

Linda Thompson v. Army and Air Force Exchange Service
East St. Louis, Illinois civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a violation of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (“FACTA”). The Exchange is an instrumentality of the United States Army and Air Force that provides retail services on military bases across the country. Linda Thompson alleges that she used her personal credit card at the...
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( 01-10-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Lakeatra E. White
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing Credit Cards from the Mail Granite City Postal Carrier Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Credit Cards from the Mail Lakeatra E. White, 32...
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( 01-10-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Reginald L. Beck
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking a reduction in his sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) and § 1B1.10 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual, making Amendment 821 retroactive (Doc. 54). ...
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( 12-29-2024 - IL)

United States of America v. Isaiah Jordan
East Saint Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Carbondale Mail Theft and Bank Fraud ...
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( 11-22-2024 - IL)

James Courtney v. Kim Butler
East St. Louis, Illinois prisoner civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff. Prisoners in the United States have a number of civil rights protections, including: First Amendment Prisoners have the right to free speech and practice their religion, but there may be some limitations. Fifth Amendment Prisoners have the...
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( 10-16-2024 - IL)

In re Marriage of Sandra D. Dahm-Schett and Mark R. Schell
East St. Louis Illinois divorce lawyers represented the Petition and Respondent in a dissolution action. Sandra Dahm-Schell and Mark Schell were married on November 7, 1992. On August 12, 2014, Sandra filed for a dissolution of marriage. While the dissolution of marriage action was pending, Mark's mother died, and he inherited approximately $615,000. The inheritance was...
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( 08-30-2024 - IL)

United States of America v. George H. Cunningham; Tarvin M. Hamler, III
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Burglarizing Southern Illinois Pharmacies of Controlled Substances ...
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( 08-29-2024 - IL)

United States of America v. Michael A. Eskew
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of manufacture of counterfeit obligations of the U.S., one count of possession of counterfeit obligations of the U.S., and one count of possessing digital image of U.S. currency for counterfeiting. ...
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( 07-24-2024 - IL)

United States of America v. Treveon J. Ramsey
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Committing Armed Robberies at Metro East Gas Stations ...
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( 05-15-2024 - IL)

United States of America v. Dr. Lee Peter Bee
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Health Care Fraud. Franklin County Doctor Sentenced to Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud Dr. Lee Peter Bee, 50, formerly of Sesser, Illinois, but now of Fento...
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( 04-05-2024 - IL)

United States of America v. Benjamin D. Rumbo
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material. Arizona Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material A southern Illi...
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( 03-21-2024 - IL)

Dan Jewett Construction Co. v. Cincinnati Life Insurance Company
East St. Louis, Illinois insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff that sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory. This case was file din the Circuit Court, Bond County, Illinois and was removed to federal court by the Defendant. (215 ILCS 5/154.6) (from Ch. 73, par. 766.6) Sec. 154.6. Acts constituting improper claims practice. Any of the following ac...
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( 03-21-2024 - IL)

Stephanie Rein v. Walmart, Inc.
East St. Louis, Illinois personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a premises liability negligence theory. This case was filed in the Circuit Court, Franklin County, Illinois, case number 22-LA-56, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant. (740 ILCS 130/1) Sec. 1. This Act is called and may be cited as the "Premises Liability Act". S...
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( 03-20-2024 - IL)

Jasmine Watson v. Mead Johnson
East St. Louis, Illinois personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a product liability theory individually and as parent and next friend to Chase Dean. Jamines Watson sued on a product liablity theory claiming that Mead Johnson failure to warn of the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis caused by Enfamil baby formula. The is the first trial out of hundreds of law...
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( 03-18-2024 - IL)

Whitney C. Watson, et aux. v. Central Transport, LLC
East St. Louis, Illinois personal injury truck wreck lawyers represented the Defendants who were sued on auto negligence theories. Illinois has adopted modified comparative negligence (735 ILCS 5/2-1116) as the standard for recovery of damages. Under modified comparative negligence, an injured party may recover damages only if he/she is less than 50% at fault for the injury or damages....
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( 01-24-2024 - IL)

Brian J. Schell v. Eric Schellhardt
East St. Louis, Illinois civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff. At the time the events in this case began, Schell was employed by the Illinois Department of Corrections (“IDOC”) in a position that required him to possess an Illinois Firearm Owners Identification (“FOID”) card. In the fall of 2018, Schell and his wife Sandra Schell were getting ...
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( 01-23-2024 - IL)

United States of America v. Ledaniel Russell
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance: heroin, fentanyl, meth and cocaine.. A district judge sentenced a semitrailer driver to 12 years in federal pris...
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( 01-23-2024 - IL)

Jnae Sherrell Williams v. Shawnee Health Service and Development Corporation
EAst St. Louis, Illinois personal injury medical malpractice lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a wrongful death negligence theory. In the state of Illinois, a medical malpractice lawsuit must be carried out within two years from the time patient becomes aware of the misconduct. A comprehensive limit of four years is granted from the date when the malpractice has o...
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( 01-22-2024 - IL)

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