Posts by Mike Glisson

A woman from the town of East Carondelet, Illinois in St. Clair County has filed a dog bite lawsuit in the circuit court against a pet owner who failed to prevent an attack. According to a story in the St. Clair County Record, the woman claims to have been attacked without provocation. A mixed breed…

A death row inmate from St. Louis, Missouri has received support from Amnesty International, which has filed an appeal on his behalf. According to an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the nonprofit organization’s appeal claims that the man was beaten by police and received an unfair trial. The prisoner had been convicted for the…

A woman terminated from her job at an Alton, Illinois loan company has filed suit against her former employer, claiming that she was fired for having a hip replacement. According to an article in the Madison County Record, the suit claims loss of wages and benefits between $50,000 and $70,000 as a result of losing…

A nursing home employee was arrested for abusing a resident of the home in Maryland Heights, Missouri in St. Louis County. According to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch news brief, the nurse scratched a patient’s face several times after becoming angry with the patient. The patient was 72 years old at the time of the assault.…

One crash led to another on a southbound Interstate 55 wreck in Jefferson County, Missouri. The complicated chain of events began when a car driven by a young woman from Imperial, MO crossed the right fog line and struck the car of a man from Jackson, MO, who was parked on the shoulder. The man’s…

A man riding in Madison County filed a motorcycle accident lawsuit after a wreck in Granite City caused him to sustain several injuries. According to a report in the Madison County Record, the accident with a car driver caused damage to the motorcyclist’s head, ribs, neck, back, and collar bone. As a result, the cyclist had…

Several family members died in a car accident in the Hancock County, Illinois town of Hamilton. The lawsuit filed by attorneys Tom Falb and Michael Glisson of Williamson, Webster, Falb & Glisson against a tavern that served the drivers states that the order of death was unknown, but four people all died from the same wreck. Also…

A woman from Wood River, Illinois is suing the city following the wrongful drowning death of her four-year-old son. According to a report in the Madison County Record, the lawsuit accuses the City of Wood River for creating unsafe conditions for children. The plaintiff’s child had walked through a tunnel and onto a spillway, where…

Dozens of plaintiffs from St. Clair County, Illinois joined a pharmaceuticals lawsuit against a gastrointestinal drug manufacturer allegedly responsible for neurological disorders in patients using the medicine. The 70 plaintiffs are listed in the St. Clair Record article posted online. The plaintiffs accuse the makers of Reglan for side effects that affect their brains and cause…