J-M Manufacturing is pushing back against efforts by prominent asbestos law firm Simmons Hanly Conroy to end J-M's lawsuit accusing Simmons of a racket of "sham" asbestos lawsuits. The Simmons firm claims such racketeering claims aren't allowed against law firms over such litigation activities
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - Fraud drove asbestos lawsuits at the prominent plaintiffs firm Simmons Hanly Conroy, J-M Manufacturing Company is alleging in a new racketeering lawsuit.
EDWARDSVILLE – Jeff Cooper, who invested with Hunter Biden and currently employs Biden’s former partner Devon Archer, merged his law firm with Ethan Flint’s law firm in March.
St. Clair County Circuit Court bucked a national downward trend in asbestos litigation, having experienced a 50% increase in filings in 2021 compared to 2020. It went from 428 filings in 2020 to 643 last year, and is still the second top jurisdiction in the country.
CHICAGO – U.S. District Judge David Dugan correctly denied insurance coverage for lockdown losses at 4204 West Main Brewing Company in Belleville, according to Seventh Circuit appellate judges.
A common theme at HarrisMartin’s Midwest Asbestos Conference on Tuesday was how the COVID-19 pandemic has altered asbestos litigation and guidelines for maintaining decorum while navigating working remotely.
CHARLOTTE – Bankruptcy judge Laura Beyer threw three strikes past lawyers opposing Georgia Pacific’s investigation of fraud in asbestos litigation on Aug. 31.
BENTON – Asbestos attorney John Simmons of Alton broke the ranks of Illinois asbestos lawyers by dropping out of a suit at U.S. district court and agreeing to file client questionnaires for a bankruptcy judge in North Carolina.
EDWARDSVILLE — A Madison County man claims his insurance provider is using bogus excuses to avoid payment of a claim for the loss of his tractor equipment due to a fire.
Madison County Circuit Judge Sarah Smith reported more than $138,000 in campaign contributions in her final quarterly report before the Nov. 3 election, including contributions from asbestos plaintiff’s firms and unions.
Madison County Circuit Judge Sarah Smith has received more than $56,000 in campaign contributions since Sept. 1, with approximately 84 percent of those contributions coming from the Simmons Hanly Conroy firm and its attorneys.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Belleville’s 4202 Main Street Brewing Company sued Cincinnati Insurance in U.S. district court on Aug. 21, claiming it unreasonably refused to cover losses from the lockdown.
Last year's national asbestos litigation landscape didn't show any drastic changes in overall filings. The numbers remained stable with a high concentration of cases filed by the top plaintiff firms within the top jurisdictions against the same defendants, according to the annual findings of KCIC, a Washington-based technology and consulting firm that analyzes approximately 90 percent of all asbestos cases filed nationwide.
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – Bankruptcy court administrator Shelley Abel knocked asbestos giants Simmons Hanly Conroy and Motley Rice off a committee of firms with claims against CertainTeed Corporation.
