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"                      <p class=\"imgtitle\">Hylla</p>           Former real estate developer Rick Jones' suit against the city of Wood River is set for case management April 28.<br /><br />Jones is suing Wood River for allegedly failing to live up to a contract involving the sale of land for a water tower in 2005.<br /><br />Wood River has attempted in the past to have Jones' suit dismissed.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Jones continues serving a federal sentence for tax evasion. He pled guilty to the charges in 2009.<br /><br />The case management conference is set for 9:30 a.m.<br /><br />According to the complaint, Wood River was supposed to bear all of the costs of developing infrastructure around a water tower. <br /><br />Jones alleges that it has not done so.<br /><br />His suit seeks damages of at least $50,000 and costs.<br /><br />Most recently in the case, Jones allowed his attorney Harry Sterling to withdraw from the case.<br /><br />Sterling, of Fairview Heights, claimed he could no longer represent his client due to a third party action that was filed after the Wood River suit began.<br /><br />Jones is now represented by Robert Bassett.<br /><br />Wood River is represented by Paul Stearns.<br /><br />Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla presides.<br /><br /><i>The case is Madison case number 09-L-641.</i><br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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