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EAST ST. LOUIS – Orthopedic expert Brett Taylor cancelled a deposition on a day’s notice because he considered a $2,250 fee inadequate, according to Alton lawyer Lanny Darr.
EAST ST. LOUIS – While former Alton police officer Ashley Roever defends criminal charges from a crash that killed Toshorn Napper Jr., police chiefs and tavern owners defend a civil suit claiming they caused it too.
Ricardo Davis, Sr. BENTON – U.S. Magistrate Judge Reona Daly gave the estate of Washington Park auxiliary policeman Ricardo Davis 30 days to connect his death to a repair job on Poplar Street Bridge where he fell. Daly dismissed the estate’s complaint against KCI Construction, D and K Welding, and Thomas Industrial Coatings on Jan. 19, without prejudice. She found the bare allegations failed to satisfy the requirement of proximate cause necessary to sustain the claims. She set a Feb. 18 deadline for amendment. Davis jumped from the bridge on the Illinois ...
shutterstock.com Companies involved in the construction of the Poplar Street Bridge argue that the plaintiffs fail to sufficiently allege that a dangerous condition existed in a wrongful death suit claiming an auxiliary officer fell through an opening on the bridge while pursuing a suspect. According to the complaint, Washington Park auxiliary police officer Ricardo Davis, 44, was in a foot pursuit of a suspect in the line of duty at 3 p.m. on Oct. 27, 2018, when he allegedly fell through an opening on the bridge and fell. The fall caused his death, the suit states....