In this asbestos action, defendant Rheem Manufacturing Company filed a motion for summary judgment, and alternatively summary adjudication, arguing that the plaintiffs do not have evidence that the ...

In this asbestos action, decedent John Carpenter worked as a marine machinist at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard from 1973 until 1984, when he became a mechanical engineering technician. Four of his ...

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (Legal Newsline) – Nearing the end of a rare Madison County, Ill. asbestos trial, the jury was given the chance to hear directly from a Crane Co. representative who stands firm in ...

In April 2014, plaintiff Timothy Wysocki, 64, a plumber and pipe fitter, was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. He claimed that the cancer stemmed from his work with packing manufactured and supplied ...

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (Legal Newsline) – Opening statements began Tuesday in a rare asbestos trial in Madison County Associate Judge Stephen Stobbs’ courtroom, three months after its last trial. Madison ...