Justin B. Mattea, Attorney at Law

02/03/2025

Just a reminder to everyone out there - I'm located in Maryville right next to Barry Wilson Funeral Home and the old Buffalo Park/KC Hall.

The office building was originally built as part of a streetcar stop and repair station. It was called the Buffalo Park Station. The streetcar traveled from East St. Louis up to Collinsville and then north to Edwardsville. The streetcar line from Collinsville to Edwardsville is now Route 159. It ran regularly from 1899-1928.

02/23/2023

We've had a lot of people contact us and stop in already.

For those who don't know, we moved to 2812 North Center in Maryville. It's right next to Barry Wilson Funeral Home and the old Buffalo Park.

Our number is still the same 618-223-8200.

03/03/2021

"Drivers will attempt to use mannequins, a bundle of blankets or even a small doll to make it look like another person is in the vehicle, Jimenez said.

This mannequin, though, was the most realistic attempt at carpool lane deception Jimenez and Sullinger said they had seen.

“I thought I’d seen them all, but I guess not,” Jimenez said. “This is something that’s straight out of the log ride at Knotts Berry Farm or Disneyland.”

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California driver who said he had used a mannequin as his passenger for at least a year and a half in order to access carpool lanes has been cited and faces a fine of at least...

10/07/2020

I’ve heard this song on repeat many times. It’s definitely punishment.

Two former Oklahoma jail employees and their supervisor face misdemeanor cruelty charges after investigators found they forced inmates to stand handcuffed for hours and listen to the children’s song “Baby Shark” on repeat, a prosecutor said Monday.

06/11/2020

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/pharmacy/walgreens-failed-to-properly-pay-call-center-workers-suit-claims.html

You should never be expected to work off-the-clock and without pay.

Walgreens failed to properly compensate call center staff for hours worked and overtime pay, according to a new lawsuit filed last week in Illinois.

04/15/2020

03/03/2020

08/30/2019

“It’s totally deceptive. Who runs out of chicken? It’s a big fiasco. Someone has to stand up to big corporate,” Barr said.

EAST RIDGE, Tenn. – A Tennessee man is suing Popeyes over the "countless time wasted" unsuccessfully trying to score the wildly popular crispy chicken sandwich that sold out earlier this week, WTVC reports. Craig Barr, of East Ridge, identified in Hamilton County court documents, accused the compa...

08/29/2019

Juul issued a statement saying the company has "never marketed to youth and do not want non-nicotine users, especially youth, to ever try our product"

08/26/2019

A county judge made a judgment in the case that the state's attorney general brought against Johnson & Johnson.

08/26/2019

According to House Bill 2276, it will be illegal to inhale, exhale, burn or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe, w**d, plant, regulated narcotic or other combustible substance in a motor vehicle containing a person under 18.

According to the Governor's office, the law goes into effect immediately.