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Van Court Walmart and one of its employees denies liability in a shopper’s suit alleging she suffered injuries when she tripped on a barrier placed at one of the entrances to the Wood River store last year.  Defendants Walmart Inc. and Glenn Masterson answered the complaint on April 26 through attorney Rebecca Van Court of DeFranco & Bradley PC in Fairview Heights, denying liability. The suit alleges Masterson operated, owned, managed, or maintained the Wood River Walmart where the alleged fall occurred.  In their affirmative defenses, the defendants argue that...

BELLEVILLE — A Carbondale nail salon is accused of failing to properly clean its equipment, which allegedly led to a woman's infection after receiving a manicure.  Kathena Clemons filed a complaint April 27 in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against La Nail Spa LLC, alleging premises liability and negligence.  Clemons claims in her suit that she was at La Nail & Spa on East Main Street in Carbondale on July 10, 2020, to receive a manicure. She alleges that "a dirty, infected and/or otherwise unfit-for-use tool" was used during her manicure, which caused her left hand and fingers to bec...

Primary Content Caption Master gardener Wayne Woodworth is trying to grow a better cherry blossom tree that will thrive in Macon. Credit: Liz Fabian/CCJ The security of Macon’s status as “Cherry Blossom Capital of the World” could rest in Wayne Woodworth’s backyard. On his tiny patch of the Providence neighborhood, Woodworth is trying to grow a better cherry tree. The Yoshino, which is the star of the Macon-Bibb County’s annual signature festival, struggles in the hot Southern climate and has become susceptible to disease. Plus, the 20-year life expectancy is about up f...

Glisson EDWARDSVILLE — A man is suing The City of Alton and others, claiming he was walking his dog when he fell into a hole under a water meter that had an unsecured lid.  Ayron Womack filed a complaint Feb. 19 in the Madison County Circuit Court against American Water Works Co., Inc., John Doe ad The City of Alton, alleging negligence.  Womack alleges in his complaint that while walking his dog along the sidewalk on Muny Vista Drive in Alton on April 14, 2020, he fell into a hole under the water meter that was owned and maintained by American Water.  He clai...

Glisson EDWARDSVILLE — A woman claims Walmart and a fencing company placed unsafe barriers on the sidewalk outside of a store in Wood River, causing her to trip and suffer injuries.  Helen Forgy-Sawyer filed a complaint Feb. 3 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Walmart Inc., Glenn Masterson and National Rent-A-Fence, alleging negligence.  The plaintiff claims in her suit that she was at the Walmart located on Wesley Drive in Wood River on May 28, 2020. She alleges that there was  a "barrier with legs sticking upward" on the sidewalk which caused her t...