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"                      <p class=\"imgtitle\">Mudge</p>           Opening arguments will begin Tuesday in a Madison County trial involving a pedestrian who was struck by a car while crossing Route 159.<br /><br />Circuit Judge Dave Hylla presides.<br /><br />Marylynn S. Dixon is seeking in excess of $50,000 in damages from defendant William D. Maggart, who was driving north on Route 159 at the time of the incident, according to the suit filed in 2009.<br /><br />Dixon claims she suffered injuries to her knees, face and eyes, experienced past and future pain, suffering and disability and incurred medical costs.<br /><br />Maggart negligently failed to reduce his speed to avoid a collision, drove too fast for road conditions and failed to keep a proper lookout for pedestrians, Dixon alleges.<br /><br />Dixon is represented by attorney Keith Short of Shiloh. <br /><br />Maggart is represented by Steven Mudge of Edwardsville. <br /><br />The trial is expected to last less than a week. <br /><br /><em>Madison County Circuit Court case number: 09-L-799.</em>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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