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Davis Introduces Legislation to Prevent Liberal Local Governments From Banning or Restricting Pesticide Use
Davis Introduces Legislation to Prevent Liberal Local Governments From Banning or Restricting Pesticide Use. -
St. Clair County jurors to hear science of paraquat in upcoming trial; Big studies have failed to find Parkinson's link
BELLEVILLE – “Studies have shown,” say lawyers on television linking weed killer paraquat to Parkinson’s disease. But doctors have hunted for that link a long time without finding it. -
ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Raoul Challenges Federal Rule Leaving in Place Insufficient Standards Regulating Particulate Matter Pollutiont
Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general and the city of New York in filing a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s decision to leave unchanged the current National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter pollution. -
CLARK HILL PLC: COVID-19 Chaos, Environmental Noncompliance, and Presidential Elections—What’s a Regulated Entity to Do?
Many businesses subject to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations continue to face uncertainty as they navigate environmental compliance and enforcement issues due to COVID-19. -
ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Raoul Calls on the Epa to Rescind Policy Limiting Enforcement of Federal Civil Environmental and Public Health Laws
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, along with 13 attorneys general, submitted a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denouncing the EPA’s March 26 memorandum that announced a nationwide policy limiting the civil enforcement of federal environmental laws during the COVID-19 crisis. -
EPA data reveals EtO in air, far from targeted emissions sources; Med device makers urge EPA to pump brakes on rules
Industry warns acting on stringent public risk assessment levels 'pose increased risk to public health' -
Yandle calls out lawyer litigating pollution remediation suit for using court ‘to extract payments’
BENTON – U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle, who stayed a pollution suit against 3,500 defendants so plaintiffs could streamline it, found they used her authority to their advantage instead. -
Former Hartford refinery owner to pay $10 million for cleanup
The former owner of a Madison County oil refinery will pay $10 million to help the cleanup of the facility it vacated in 1988. -
Eleven Madison County jury trials went to verdict in 2015; $830,028 awarded to four plaintiffs
Madison County saw 11 civil jury trials go all the way to verdict in 2015 with Madison County juries awarding a total of $830,028 this year in four of those cases.Of those jury verdicts in favor of the plaintiffs, two of those cases were personal injury lawsuits arising out of car accidents. The other two cases alleged wrongful termination and fraud. Of the 11 jury verdicts, seven cases ended in defense verdicts. Seven cases were law cases and four were arbitration cases that could not reach agr -
Madison County jury awards $785K to man fired after reporting possible EPA violations
Jurors awarded a former truck driver $785,000 in a case alleging he was terminated for retaliatory discharge after reporting his employer for allegedly inappropriately dumping toxic substances. -
Retaliatory discharge suit at trial in Judge Ruth’s courtroom
Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth is presiding over a trial this week in a case alleging a man was terminated from Midwest Sanitary Service after he reported his employer for allegedly inappropriately dumping toxic substances. -
Seventh Circuit orders trucking company to pay $200K sanction in Cahokia pollution case
CHICAGO – Rogers Cartage must pay $200,000 for litigating a claim it had already settled over pollution in Cahokia, appellate judges of the Seventh Circuit decided. On July 27, they affirmed a sanction that former district judge Patrick Murphy imposed on the trucking company in 2013. Their decision apparently nailed down the last detail of litigation that the U.S. -
Madison County claims it has immunity in a lawsuit alleging a woman and her baby fell into a manhole
Madison County alleges immunity and seeks to dismiss a mother’s lawsuit claiming she and her baby were injured when she fell into a manhole. Shelia DeBoise filed the May 8 lawsuit against Madison County, the City of Madison, its Department of Public Works, Venice Township, Metro East Sanitary District, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Manuel Foschiatti and some unnamed owners. According to the complaint, DeBoise claims she stepped on a manhole cover on Foschiatti’s property on May 11, -
Local attorney teams with Chicago's Complex Litigation Group in class action against Caterpillar
CHICAGO - Two Illinois limousine companies are seeking more than $5 million from one of the state’s largest manufacturers, claiming it used deceptive practices to sell them defective engines.