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Lawsuit lollapalooza: meet the mad lawyers, mad doctors, and mad money of Madison County.
EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS -- The Madison County Courthouse is an imposing structure: a full block long, four stories high, a marble edifice built in 1921 as a symbol of the era when Madison was the most industrialized county in Illinois.
Today the county seat, Edwardsville, is home to only 21,000 people, and the surrounding county has been through a wrenching de-industrialization. Yet the county's civil courts are expanding so rapidly that the entire criminal court system is about to move to a new three-story building two blocks away in order to open up more room in the sprawling main courthouse for non-criminal trials.
You see, lawsuits are the major ...
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- Magazine article from: Crain's Chicago Business Singh, Shruti Date September 11, 2006 700+ words
...action lawsuits to Downstate Madison County, once a magnet for plaintiffs...contrast with 2001 to 2004, when Madison County averaged 81 class-action suits...plaintiffs' awards handed out at the Madison County Courthouse. The state's high...
- Madison County: more rural than most imagine.
- Magazine article from: Mississippi Business Journal Mason, Sonya July 30, 1990 700+ words
Madison County: more rural than most imagine Quick. Think Madison County. What comes to mind? County Line Road...soybeans? While the southern part of Madison County is busy developing into a booming urban...
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MADISON COUNTY.(Local)
- Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) March 19, 2006 700+ words
...Alaina Potrikus Staff writer Madison County may not be the oldest, largest...celebration because it's the very day Madison County was incorporated 200 years ago...the Madisons at 6,500. But Madison County, Ill., has more than 250...
- MADISON COUNTY MCHUGH'S "FIRST CHOICE'.(Neighbors Madison)
- Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) June 13, 2002 700+ words
...based on the 2000 Census mean that Madison County will become part of a congressional...The new districts mean that Madison County residents will not have the chance...McHugh will be the incumbent on Madison County ballots. The five-term congressman...
- MADISON COUNTY TO NOTE "NURSES WEEK'.(Neighbors Madison)
- Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) April 21, 2005 700+ words
...public information officer of the Madison County Public Information and Services Department. The Madison County Board of Supervisors has declared...6 to 12 as "Nurses Week" in Madison County. "We recognize the demand for...
- Madison County Bank growing steadily, opening new location. (Focus: Banking &...
- Magazine article from: Mississippi Business Journal Kirkland, Elizabeth November 11, 2002 700+ words
...nothing to build from, to say that Madison County Bank (MCB) is doing well would be an understatement. MADISON COUNTY BANK opened on Feb. 14, 2002, and is the only bank domiciled in Madison County. The bank will open a permanent...
- MADISON COUNTY FESTIVAL HOPS TO IT; THE EVENT SEPT. 13, 14 OFFERS TALKS ON...
- Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) August 20, 2003 700+ words
...only a big agricultural event in Madison County, but a big social event as well...around. Today, growing hops in Madison County is more of a recreational activity...history remains. Each year, the Madison County Historical Society celebrates...
- HEALTH IN MADISON COUNTY STUDIED; SURVEY SHOWS RESIDENTS' RATE FOR SMOKING,...
- Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) April 17, 2002 700+ words
...Richardson Staff writer Adults in Madison County smoke more than those in six other...Tuesday, also found that girls in Madison County have more dental problems than...of Bassett Research Institute. Madison County results are the last of those...