Gilbert Sison News Today

EAST ST. LOUIS - One juror among eight prevented a verdict at a discrimination trial of former Associate Professor Tawanda Greer-Medley against Southern Illinois University.

EAST ST. LOUIS - Amanda Aucutt of Dupo, who sued former employer Capstone Restaurant Group, claims she never saw or signed an agreement to arbitrate such a dispute.

EAST ST. LOUIS - Lisa Mattern of Albers seeks damages from the manufacturer of a foundry machine that crushed husband Mark Mattern at Century Brass Works in Swansea in 2022.

EAST ST. LOUIS - Katherine Schnefke of Edwardsville, who last year settled a claim that online lender First Loan charged 777% interest, filed another claim last week that online lender Avail Blue charged 712%.

EAST ST. LOUIS - The City of East St. Louis, seeking more than $3 billion in fines from Monsanto for contamination from its operation in Sauget, plans to seek damages, too.

EAST ST. LOUIS - Soil samples that prompted East St. Louis to cite Monsanto for ordinance tickets worth billions of dollars no longer exist, and Monsanto claims the destruction of evidence should end the case.

BENTON - Oldcastle Lawn and Garden, defending a class action claim that it violated fingerprint privacy, switched law firms in the midst of depositions and a brush with sanctions.

EAST ST. LOUIS - Matt Auffenberg of St. Clair County established Illinois jurisdiction over his claim that software provider Addmi Inc. of Albuquerque failed to repay loans of $1,325,000, U. S. Magistrate Gilbert Sison ruled on Nov. 9.

EAST ST. LOUIS - Former Route 13 Diner cook Dorrine Douglas claims owner Jimmy Johnson failed and refused to pay overtime for working in excess of 40 hours a week.

EAST ST. LOUIS – David Cates and seven class action colleagues who claim Southern Illinois Health Care sold private information of patients to Facebook challenged removal of the claim to U.S. district court on Sept. 5.