Courts in Belleville, Illinois
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois
750 Missouri Ave, East St. Louis, IL 62201
St. Clair County Circuit Court
10 Public Square, Belleville, IL 62220
Hospitals & Trauma Centers in Belleville
HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital
1 St Elizabeth Blvd, O'Fallon, IL 62269
Memorial Hospital East
1404 Cross St, Shiloh, IL 62269
Liability Considerations in Belleville
Scott Air Force Base, adjacent to Belleville in St. Clair County, is home to Air Mobility Command headquarters — the Air Force's primary airlift wing and one of the largest Air Force logistics bases in the world. The scale of AFFF use at Scott's flight line operations over decades has generated documented PFAS in St. Clair County groundwater. The City of Belleville filed a water system PFAS contamination claim in MDL 2873. Residents of Belleville, O'Fallon, and other Scott AFB-adjacent communities in St. Clair County have potential PFAS personal injury claims for kidney cancer, testicular cancer, and thyroid disease. Illinois's 2-year statute from discovery means residents with 2022 or later diagnoses have timely claims. The southern Illinois Metro East region across from St. Louis is a significant military-connected community with substantial PFAS exposure history.