Christopher Cueto News Today

Madison and St. Clair Counties again saw the most asbestos case filings for 2023 nationwide, and Cook County saw the highest increase in filings according to a report by KCIC, a Washington D.C.-based technology and management consulting company.

EAST ST. LOUIS – Edwardsville lawyer Jeff Cooper of Flint Cooper joined Belleville lawyers James Radcliffe, Christopher Cueto and Lloyd M. Cueto in filing a biometric privacy suit against Face App at U. S. district court on Aug. 8.

EDWARDSVILLE – A wrongful death lawsuit was filed against Aspen Creek by the husband of a resident with Alzheimer's who was found dead in frigid temps after leaving the Troy facility in the early hours of Jan. 31.

BELLEVILLE – A man is suing the Salem Township Hospital, claiming that doctors misdiagnosed his life-threatening condition and allowed it to worsen.

EAST ST. LOUIS – U. S. Magistrate Judge Mark Beatty decided not to exclude testimony of Flora school board’s expert psychiatrist Alexander Rose, who overheard conversation between a lawyer and a son of a client.

BELLEVILLE – A widow claims her husband developed Parkinson's disease from exposure to pesticides, which allegedly resulted in his death.

EAST ST. LOUIS – Alabama lawyers making little progress in Illinois on a national class action claim that mattresses released fiberglass started an action in California for the other 49 states.

BELLEVILLE – A patient is suing a Belleville hospital, claiming one of its doctors performed an unnecessary heart procedure and damaged an artery.

BENTON – Belleville lawyers who proposed a class action against Progressive Casualty in St. Clair County circuit court saw it slip away in U.S. district court.

BENTON – Lawyers for Belleville lawyer Brian Flynn owe Chrysler and Harman International Industries $179,264.77 for pursuing an injury suit without any injury, U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle ruled on Aug. 25.