Word: claire
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rise," intones Bailiff Marlene Augustine, and as they have more than 2,000 times before, the jurors and lawyers dutifully comply. Into courtroom 14 of the St. Clair County building in Belleville, Ill., strides the Hon. Richard Goldenhersh, presiding judge in the matter of Frances E. Kemner et al. v. Monsanto Co., Case No. 80-L-970 in the 20th Circuit, State of Illinois. The judge nods a greeting, settles into his leather chair, and trial day No. 534 begins. Another record...
Named for its lead plaintiff, a retired schoolteacher, the case was originally filed in Boone County, Mo., where the spill occurred. But Carr refiled it, over Monsanto's objection, in St. Clair County, Ill., where the chemical was made. He was well aware that juries have been generous there. Complains Monsanto Lawyer David Snively: "St. Clair is renowned as a plaintiff's paradise...
...Francisco law firm of St. Clair, Zappettini, McFetridge & Griffin was in a jam. Embroiled in a complex defense of an asbestos manufacturer as part of a multimillion-dollar liability suit, the six-member partnership faced a shortage of able-bodied attorneys to handle depositions. St. Clair's solution: the firm hired six lawyers for the job as temps. In the same fashion, when St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth, Minn., needed a qualified radiologist to work for just a month to cover for vacationing staff, they rented the services of a physician who had most recently done similar stints...
...boom in upscale help is partly a function of a cost-conscious economic climate. Newly minted lawyers in large cities, for example, can make more than $50,000 a year. Says Anthony Griffin, a partner at St. Clair: "Hiring temporary lawyers enabled us to expand and contract without overextending ourselves...
Number five player Sheila Morrisey also participated for the Crimson and beat teammate, Liz Reynolds, a late entrant into the tournament, (3-1). In the following round of 16, Morrisey lost to Holleran, (0-3), but came back to beat Clair Slaughter of Trinity in the consolation. She then lost in the third round quaterfinals in a close match...