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• New targets abound in latest asbestos filings

  By Staff reports | Friday, Apr 10, 2009 @ 6:52am

  Kearse From the beginning, asbestos lawsuits were like an air raid, a single defendant strategically strafed under a "shock and awe" type attack by hundreds of thousands of plaintiffs filing lawsuits against it.

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• Injured worker files FELA complaint against Norfolk Southern

  By Kelly Holleran | Thursday, Feb 5, 2009 @ 3:00am

  A Troy man alleges he had to undergo shoulder surgery because of injuries he sustained while working for Norfolk Southern Railway Company and Triple Crown Services Company.

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• Ohio laborer files asbestos complaint against 89 defendants in Madison County

  By Ann Knef | Thursday, Aug 14, 2008 @ 3:26am

  Laborer and truck driver William Kirk of Ohio has filed a complaint against 89 defendant corporations in Madison County Circuit Court, claiming he developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos during a 48-year career.

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• Arkansas man brings benzene suit in Madison County

  By Steve Gonzalez | Thursday, Aug 7, 2008 @ 5:37am

  Dwayne Davenport of Arkansas has filed suit against 18 defendant corporations, alleging he developed myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) after being exposed to benzene.

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• Estate sues 15 companies over benzene exposure

  By Steve Gonzalez | Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 @ 7:45am

  The estate of Derek Rea filed suit against 15 corporations in Madison County Circuit Court, claiming Rea's benzene exposure caused him to develop cute myelogenous leukemia, which led to his death last month.

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• UP engineer claims injuries after falling from broken seat

  By Ann Knef | Monday, Jun 16, 2008 @ 8:38am

  Union Pacific engineer Ed Schollmeyer, Jr. has filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act suit over injuries he sustained falling from a broken seat.

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• Illinois Central Railroad named in St. Clair County FELA complaint

  By Ann Knef | Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @ 7:33am

  Steven Sopp, who worked for Illinois Central Railroad for approximately 30 years, has filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act suit in St. Clair County Circuit Court.

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• ConocoPhillips says benzene suit doesn't make a link

  By Steve Gonzalez | Friday, May 16, 2008 @ 3:00am

  ConocoPhillips filed a motion to dismiss a benzene complaint alleging it contains insufficient facts and pleads numerous legal conclusions without a factual basis.

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• Batch of SimmonsCooper benzene suits shrinks to a few

  By Steve Korris | Thursday, Mar 27, 2008 @ 5:00am

  In six months, SimmonsCooper law firm of East Alton has distilled a batch of benzene exposure lawsuits down to a hard core.

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• Madison County benzene suit names 28 corporations

  By Ann Knef | Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008 @ 9:47am

  The widow of a laborer claiming her spouse died from a disease caused by benzene exposure has filed suit against 28 corporations in Madison County Circuit Court.

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• UP railroad engineer files FELA complaint in St. Clair County

  By Ann Knef | Tuesday, Feb 19, 2008 @ 6:30am

  Union Pacific Railroad engineer Donald Schult filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act suit in St. Clair County Circuit Court Feb. 14 claiming he fell in a locomotive engine because of a fuse located on the engine's floor or steps.

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• Carman sues Union Pacific for shoulder injury

  By Ann Knef | Monday, Oct 1, 2007 @ 9:49am

  Rudy Teason of Cahokia filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) suit against his employer Union Pacific Railroad over injuries he sustained more than two years ago.

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• Massachusetts asbestos claim filed in Madison County

  By Steve Gonzalez | Monday, Aug 6, 2007 @ 10:10am

  The estate of John Thyssen filed an asbestos suit against 65 defendant corporations in Madison County Circuit Court July 31, claiming he was exposed to asbestos while employed as an electrician from 1940-1983.

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• Benzene suit names 14 corporate giants

  By Steve Gonzalez | Monday, May 21, 2007 @ 6:00am

  A Fairview Heights man is suing 14 defendant corporations in Madison County Circuit Court claiming his father died from benzene exposure.

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• April 2-6

  By Steve Gonzalez | Tuesday, Apr 3, 2007 @ 12:00pm

  Ampco-Pittsburgh

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• Carman claims he was pinned by crane

  By Ann Knef | Tuesday, Mar 27, 2007 @ 11:05am

  Railroad worker Charles Goode of Dupo is suing Union Pacific for injuries he sustained when a crane rolled backwards and pinned him between a rail car.

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• Union Pacific named in FELA suit

  By Ann Knef | Tuesday, Mar 27, 2007 @ 10:41am

  Train engineer Harold A. Thompson of East Carondelet claims he injured his back after landing on a seat during rough track conditions on June 9, 2006, according to a suit filed against Union Pacific Railroad.

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• Jerseyville man sues Union Pacific

  By Steve Gonzalez | Monday, Feb 19, 2007 @ 11:49pm

  A Jerseyville man filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act suit against Union Pacific Railroad in Madison County Circuit Court Feb. 15, claiming the railroad failed to provide him a safe place to work.

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• Shanghai plaintiff files wrongful death claim against Eastman in Madison County

  By Steve Gonzalez | Tuesday, Jan 30, 2007 @ 6:00am

  An employee of Eastman Chemical Co. filed suit in Madison County Circuit Court Jan. 19, seeking damages for his wife's death.

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• Jan. 2-5

  By Steve Gonzalez | Monday, Jan 1, 2007 @ 8:05am

  84 Lumber

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