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Civil Trials

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Billy Little: Pastor and Pyschologist Accused of Dusty Sex Scandal

    A retired Baptist minister and licensed psychologist who, according to his biography, once hosted a counseling program on KMOX and worked as a sports psychologist for the baseball Cardinals, stands accused today of taking advantage of a female patient. And the plaintiffs and their attorney believe m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Creve Coeur's Red-Light Cameras Win Another Legal Battle

    ​A St. Louis County judge this week upheld Creve Coeur's red-light camera system, dismissing a class-action suit challenging the legality of the cameras. Attorneys Ryan Keane and John Campbell with the Simon Law Firm filed the suit last year on behalf of four people who'd received tickets from the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Club-Goers Sue Blackmon's for Last Year's Infamous Ruckus

    Five plaintiffs have filed suit against an East St. Louis nightclub after claiming to have suffered injuries during a no-holds-barred melee made infamous last April after video footage emerged and circulated across YouTube. The fracas, which lasted several minutes, included pistol whippings, body sl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Lawsuit Filed Over Brawl at Blackmon's Webbie Concert

    ​Five plaintiffs have filed suit against an East St. Louis nightclub after claiming to have suffered injuries during a no-holds-barred melee made infamous last April after video footage emerged and circulated across YouTube. The fracas, which lasted several minutes, included pistol whippings, body ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Post-Dispatch Subject of New Lawsuit

    Retirees of the cash-strapped Post-Dispatch say they were misled about health benefits​A dozen former employees of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch are suing the local daily for fraudulent inducement and negligent misrepresentation, claiming that the paper's top brass pulled out of a 2007 agreement ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    Ticketmaster Fees Class Action Lawsuit: One Step Closer to Settlement, But Who Wins?

    Today is a good day for opponents of Ticketmasters online fees. Or is it? As part of an eight-year old ongoing class action lawsuit against the company, customers were notified of the terms of a proposed settlement. The suit claims that Ticketmaster's Order Processing Fee and UPS delivery charge are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    St. Louis Production Crew StarStrukk Sues Andy Samberg; The Lonely Island

    Phenomenal Multimedia​Saturday Night Live star Andy Samberg and his Lonely Island group are at the center of a copyright and royalty lawsuit filed by the St. Louis-based production group StarStrukk.The lawsuit filed in federal court in New York by Aleric "Rick Tha Ruler" Banks and Monique Hine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Cigarette Mistrial Boiled Down to Smokers v. Nonsmokers on Jury

    Smokers in the jury stood apart from the non-smoking colleagues.​A lawsuit that finally went to trial last month after wending its way though court for 11 years ended yesterday in a mistrial when the jury failed to deliver a verdict. The class-action lawsuit accused tobacco giant Phillip Morris of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Sanford-Brown College Slapped With Dozen-Plus Lawsuits

    ​In the last six months, Sanford-Brown College has been hit with more than a dozen lawsuits from students claiming that the college and its parent company are running a high-pressure sales racket cleverly disguised as higher ed.The for-profit college, which has outlets in Fenton, Hazelwood and St. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Plastic Surgeon Posted Nude Pics Online, Patients Claim in Lawsuits

    If this was your body, would you feel violated?​Five women who hired St. Louis physician Dr. Michele Koo to perform plastic surgery on them say they got a nasty surprise -- pictures of their naked torsos were posted on Dr. Koo's website.And that's not all. The pictures came up in an Internet searc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Facebook Seeks to Dismiss Illinois Class-Action; Mothers Claim Children Exploited

    ​Facebook has asked a federal judge in southern Illinois to dismiss a class-action lawsuit filed in June on behalf of two Granite City moms. The suit filed on behalf of the children of Melissa Dawes and Jennifer DeYoung alleges that Facebook inappropriately uses its "like" feature to monitor the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    East St. Louis Discriminated In Not Hiring White Officers, Federal Jury Finds

    Photo: Jennifer SilverbergMayor Alvin Parks did not have much to smile about Wednesday.​Two black residents of East St. Louis won a civil rights lawsuit this week in southern Illinois complaining that they were harassed and discriminated against when they recommended that the predominately black c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Apple Inc. Sued by Missourians for Tracking iPhone Users' Whereabouts

    It knows where you are! And other people can use it to find out. ​Next time you get black-out wasted on Goldschlager and wake up behind a strip mall, you might have no idea where you are. But your iPhone does. In fact, it's been tracking -- and recording -- your spatial location since the moment y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Man Sues Bar After Getting Nailed in Face by Underage Boozer

    Is this the man who hit a Belleville man in the face with a bottle of vodka?​An underage guy walks into a bar. He somehow gets his hands on a bottle of vodka and takes a few swills. Eventually, he gets a little tipsy. In an uncontrolled moment of gesticulation, he swings his arm around wildly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    $60 Million A.G. Edwards Settlement Gets Appeals Court OK

    It's $21 million for the lawyers who steered a lawsuit against A.G. Edwards, alleging unjust enrichment.​A $60 million class-action settlement agreement between A.G. Edwards and a group of account holders who accused the company of a conflict of interest and unjust enrichment has been permitted to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Belleville Diocese Must Pay, Illinois Supreme Court Says

    The diocese is on the hook for another $6.35 million after the Illinois Supreme Court refused to hear its appeal.​The Illinois Supreme Court yesterday refused to hear an appeal of the Diocese of Belleville -- letting stand a $5 million jury verdict for a former altar boy at St. Theresa's Parish in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    American Red Cross Faces Lawsuit Over Race Discrimination

    A lawsuit alleges that a local chapter of the American Red Cross discriminated against an Illinois woman.​A  telerecruiter at the American Red Cross has filed a lawsuit alleging racial, sexual and age-related discrimination after being fired last December.Rosalind Clayton, a 48-year-old black ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Missouri Families Win Lawsuit vs. Neighbors: 200,000 Hogs, Tons of Fly-Covered Pig Poop

    Who wouldn't want a few hundred thousand of these as neighbors? ​A corporate hog producer was ordered Friday to pay a total of $1.95 million to twelve families in southwestern Missouri who complained that odors and flies from the company's pig farm ruined their properties and way of life.According ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Taxicab Commission Sued Over Lambert Fees

    Two St. Louis cabbies say they've been unfairly assessed $1 each time they leave Lambert.​A pair of cabbies has filed a lawsuit against the Metropolitan Taxicab Commission, arguing that the $1 fee they're required to pay for each trip through Lambert St. Louis International Airport constitutes an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Westboro Baptist Church Sues St. Charles City; Wins Injunction vs. St. Charles County

    Plaintiff Megan Phelps-Roper protesting in St. Louis last summer.​It took the Westboro Baptist Church just one day to sue St. Charles after the city last week enacted an ordinance restricting when and where protesters can picket during funerals. Westboro Baptist Church has made a name for itself i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Black Sheriff Deputies Once Again Dicked Over by the Man

    troycardona.comTroy Cardona administers a little Jeff-Co street justice in the STL.​A Jefferson County judge yesterday drastically reduced the damages that two black St. Louis sheriff deputies won in a September trial alleging racial discrimination. Saying the $350,000 in punitive damages awarded ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Dry-Humping Manager Costs Alton Restaurant Tony's $75,000

    Lesson: Unless you're in the NFL, don't do this at work.​Tony's Restaurant in downtown Alton agreed this week to pay $75,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought on by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.According to the lawsuit, Katie Comer was an 18-year-old high-school student ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    Darryl Burton: Wrongfully Convicted Ex-Prisoner Sues St. Louis, Police Board

    Photo: Jennifer SilverbergDarryl Burton photographed last year.​Updated 4:06 p.m. with comments from Burton's attorney.Darryl Burton served 24 years in prison for a St. Louis murder he didn't commit. In 2008, Cole County Judge Richard Callahan (now the U.S. Attorney for Eastern Missouri) released ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    PartyLite Smackdown: So-Called Barbecue Leads to $2 Million Lawsuit

    ​If you thought Tupperware-style direct sales parties were all fun and games, guess again. A lawsuit filed in federal court this week argues that a St. Louis woman should pay $2 million for damages incurred by a barbecue she held in her home -- claiming she invited colleagues from one direct- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Jive & Wail in Maplewood Sued for Copyright Infringement by BMI

    jiveandwail.com​Performance-rights giant BMI and several other copyright-owners have sued the Maplewood outpost of the Jive & Wail for copyright infringement In documents filed yesterday in U.S. District Court, multiple plaintiffs accused the Jive & Wail piano bar in Maplewood of nineteen in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Next Year, Jury Duty Will Take Even Longer

    Image source​Jury duty, that beloved civic rite known to eat up as many as three days even if you're not selected to serve, is about to get even longer. Starting January 1, Missouri judges will have to allow lawyers extra time to look up the litigation history of potential jurors on Case.net, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    Class-Action Suit Calls YTB a Pyramid Scheme

    ​A class-action lawsuit first filed in federal court in Illinois has been re-filed in Madison County accusing the Wood River-based YTB of being a "pyramid scheme." The lawsuit follows years of allegations that YTB -- which sells home-based travel companies -- operates as a Ponzi scheme. In 2009, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Mother Sues Soulard Haunted House; Claims Daughter Poisoned By Artificial Fog

    Thrill seekers gather outside The Darkness in October 2008.​A fifteen-year-old from Belleville got the fright of her life last Halloween at the popular Soulard haunted house, The Darkness. Only the scare didn't come from the advanced animatronics and dozens of costumed goons that have made the St. ... More >>

  • News

    February 17, 2010

    North Side Rancor: A quartet of legal eagles aim to shoot down Paul McKee's grandiose vision to regenerate St. Louis

    Thrill seekers gather outside The Darkness in October 2008.​A fifteen-year-old from Belleville got the fright of her life last Halloween at the popular Soulard haunted house, The Darkness. Only the scare didn't come from the advanced animatronics and dozens of costumed goons that have made the St. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Dog's Bark Prompts Officer's Bite: Suit Claims Cop Aimed for Canine, Shot Woman Instead

    Officer Donald Williams Knotts​Poor, poor Linda Hicks of Washington Park, Illinois. She was only trying to do the right thing last year when she called the police to remove her disruptive son from her home. In a lawsuit filed in St. Clair County, Hicks alleges that Washington Park police officer D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Trial Alleging Business Fraud Should Be Lively, Even If Much is Off Limits

    healthcareeragents.com Brian Marchant-CalsynAn interesting civil trial gets under way today in St. Louis County Court. Gary Schwarz, a New Jersey resident, is suing Town & Country business Health Career Agents Inc., alleging that its owner, Brian Marchant-Calsyn, fraudently withheld infor ... More >>

  • News

    October 10, 2007

    Law and Anarchy

    St. Louis Police Chief Joe Mokwa and his officers may stand trial for violating the civil rights of “anarchists” in 2003.

  • News

    September 5, 2007

    Rockwell Revisited

    If not Steven Spielberg, who legally owns Russian Schoolroom?

  • News

    March 28, 2007

    Back to the Bolozone

    The "anarchists" finally get their day in court.

  • News

    November 30, 2005

    Suit Monger

    Will Lonnie Snelling's civil war ever end?

  • News

    August 18, 2004

    The Price of Innocence

    Larry Johnson wants big bucks for a crime he never committed

  • News

    June 16, 2004

    Debt Comes to the Archbishop

    A sad chapter in the church's history is far from over

  • News

    January 21, 2004

    Bill's Bills

    The St. Louis school board might have to pony up for the defense in Roberti v. Haas

  • News

    November 19, 2003

    Gland of Opportunity

    Dr. William J. Catalona built an unrivaled repository of blood and tissue samples. Washington University wants to keep it. Now a judge will decide: Who owns the prostates?

  • News

    October 8, 2003

    The Case of the Vanishing Videotape

    A workhouse inmate claims he was wrongly beaten, and city officials scramble to get their stories straight

  • News

    May 7, 2003

    Gone A-Courtin'

    Enterprise Rent-A-Car, recovering from one legal loss, looks to the next lawsuit

  • News

    April 23, 2003

    Fueled by Fear

    Refineries stuck Hartford with a toxic pool of gasoline that just won't go away. Homes burn and residents get sick, but nobody's helping.

  • News

    March 12, 2003

    Time Bomb

    Asbestos still takes its toll, but the lawsuits and victims are changing

  • News

    February 12, 2003

    You Don't Know Dick

    He's for tort reform but takes trial lawyers' money and sues docs

  • News

    November 20, 2002

    Slaphappy

    The mayor of tony Creve Coeur and her husband found a novel way of handling political disputes -- they sue critics

  • News

    July 3, 2002

    Lead Counsel

    These lawyers could cash in big, but who hired them?

  • News

    June 12, 2002

    Squeal Like a Pig

    Getting groped was a nightmare in a city that can't get a grip.

  • News

    April 10, 2002

    Venue's on the Menu

    For lawyers trying to take a bite of Doe Run, St. Louis is the place to be

  • News

    April 12, 2000

    The Lead Menace

    In its lawsuit, St. Louis is eager to blame the lead industry for making the area one of the most contaminated in the nation. But the city itself is guilty of doing little to prevent the poisoning of thousands of children like "Little Al" Evans.

  • News

    August 11, 1999

    WHITE NOISE

    The appointment of a senior executive of the discrimination-claim-plagued Adam's Mark chain to a leadership position in the St. Louis County NAACP stirs outrage

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