Feb. 12
American Commercial Lines LLC vs. Grace Marcum, as personal representative of the estate of Brian Edwin Messinger Jr., deceased
PA-Michael J. Farrell; J-Hoke
* ACL was granted a Petition for Subpoena In Aid of Discovery in Foreign Proceeding with regard to an earlier complaint against it by Grace Marcum. The company, based in St. Louis, asked for records from the Lincoln County Bureau of Child Support Enforcement regarding payments by decedent Brian E. Messinger to Sylvia Williams for Laiken Williams. Marcum filed suit in St. Louis against ACL regarding Messinger's death. In November 2007, he was on a crew on an M/V Jeffboat on the Mississippi River near LeClaire, Iowa, when he suffered injuries that caused his death. Marcum is the mother of Messinger's daughter Kaitlyn B. Messinger. Marcum seeks damages in excess of $25,000, court costs and other relief.
Case number: 09-C-17
March 6
Chase Bank USA NA vs. Roy D. Mullins
PA-Ashley A. Lawson; J-Hoke
* Chase says the Ferrellsburg resident owes more than $13,000 on an account. It seeks that amount plus costs.
Case number: 09-C-20