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Report shows Gori firm files most asbestos cases in Madison County and nationwide
Madison County's asbestos court remains the most active docket in the country, according to mid-year figures compiled by Washington-based consulting firm KCIC. -
Madison County asbestos filings total 1,224; Only 6 percent filed on behalf of Illinois residents
Madison County saw 1,224 asbestos cases filed in 2015, just over what was projected for the year but down from case filings in 2014. -
Perry Browder of Simmons firm appointed president of ITLA
Local asbestos attorney Perry J. -
Stephen Tillery's amici get curiouser and curiouser
We understand why Stephen Tillery wants his $10 billion judgment against tobacco giant Philip Morris reinstated. Ten billion dollars is a lot of money, and Tillery's sizable share is just the sort of thing that would give some insatiably greedy person a big rush. -
Stephen Tillery's curious amici
We weren't there and it’s only conjecture, but it's not hard to imagine asbestos attorneys having a conversation something like this: -
Davis continues to out-raise Callis in 13th Congressional District
Davis visits American Heartland Fish Products in Grafton earlier this month. -
Cates outraises, outspends McGlynn in last quarter for Fifth District seat
Cates Swansea attorney Judy Cates raised more than 10 times the amount of campaign contributions as her Republican opponent for the Fifth District Appellate Court in the same three month period, records show. -
Chicago money pours into 5th District Appellate Court race; Race pits Democrat Cates against Republican McGlynn
Cates Nearly $55,000 has made its way into the 5th District Appellate Court race since April and the majority of that money landed in Democrat Judy Cates' campaign coffers with the help of about a dozen Chicago lawyers and law firms. -
Four new asbestos complaints filed in St. Clair County
Cates A group of four new asbestos lawsuits have been added to St. Clair County's asbestos docket. -
Rand's asbestos report shows lucrative outcome for lawyer trust fund managers
Kazan Giants of asbestos litigation hold half the power in seven trust funds that paid $2.4 billion in claims in 2008, according to tables in a new Rand Corporation report. -
More asbestos suits filed in St. Clair County
Cates More asbestos lawsuits have been added to the growing list of cases in St. Clair County's asbestos docket. -
Asbestos bankruptcy conference highlights Chapter 11
Hartley CHICAGO - An asbestos litigation expert said rules being developed in asbestos Chapter 11 cases are serving as precedent for resolution of other mass torts. -
Asbestos cases accumulating in St. Clair County's little used docket
Cates St. Clair County's nearly dormant asbestos docket is seeing new life.