Tillery MOUNT VERNON – Three months after Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth signed the third order in four years dismissing Stephen Tillery's $10 billion class action against cigarette maker Philip Morris, Tillery's appeal of the order has barely begun.
McCambridge During a recent interview with a reporter, Lester Brickman recalled an old television western from days gone by called "Have Gun-Will Travel."
Three cheers for the Illinois Supreme Court, which struck down an unjust precedent earlier this month that some believe was the cause of the explosion of asbestos lawsuits in the state.
By declaring arbitrary caps on damages -- caps not to all men and all cases before the Law -- but to ONLY those daring to call doctors or hospitals into account, the submitted legislation was primed for a challenge in the Courts.
McCambridge Edward McCambridge had been waiting a long time for last week's ruling by the Illinois Supreme Court. And, Lester Brickman knows the feeling.
While sometimes it's good to be a record holder, some are questioning whether Illinois should continue to hold the national record for most expensive supreme court race.
A trial electronic filing (e-filing) program that has been under way in Madison County for about two weeks now, is being used with increased frequency, according to deputy circuit clerk Judy Nelson.
SPRINGFIELD – A key evidence rule in Illinois asbestos cases could stand, fall or change tomorrow when the Illinois Supreme Court releases its ruling in the case of Nolan v. Weil-McLain.
"We-the-People-of-this-era" have failed ourselves in our own self-governing. Indeed, we have failed over one million Americans who have died on the battlefields of freedom (from the Revolutionary War to Afghanistan) and countless others who have been disabled, orphaned or widowed (the additional price of freedom).
Crowder Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder has certified a class action for LakinChapman law firm over hundreds of thousands of bills that insurer Safeco paid in 14 states over 12 years.
At long last, one of the spotlights in Springfield has been shining on the issue of judicial selection – specifically how we select judges in Illinois and finance their campaigns.
Justice Stevens A relatively odd dust-up between two different insurance defense lawyers embroiled in mutli-million dollar asbestos lawsuits lay at the center of a case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.
Garman The Illinois Supreme Court has reversed the appellate court's and Fayette County Circuit Court's judgments that say a dealership is not allowed to sue a tractor company on the basis of promissory estoppel.
Recht CHARLESTON, W.V. - A plaintiff in a high-profile asbestos case apparently forged a signature on an X-ray report so he could repay an improper $750 advance from a Pennsylvania law firm.
Hartley The 900-lb. gorilla of American civil law is expanding globally to an even greater degree than it already has, according to a Chicago defense attorney who writes a blog on global asbestos issues.