EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge David Dugan recused himself in the tenth month of an Edwardsville company’s unfair competition suit against Facebook owner Meta Platforms.
BENTON – A lawsuit filed in federal court claims Nathan Marlen of St. Clair County and Doug Blankenship of Bond County wrongfully cut down trees that belonged to Joseph Lucas of Missouri.
BENTON – Negligence of Madison County jailers and nurses ruined the jaw of inmate Clayton Shaffer and distorted his face, according to a suit attorney Jarrod Beasley of Belleville filed at U.S. district court on Aug. 16.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Jurors in U.S. district court on Aug. 12 cleared Madison County and two jail officers of liability for a suicide attempt that has left Reginald Pittman in a vegetative state for 15 years.