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Illinois state courts remained America's top destination for asbestos-related personal injury lawsuits in 2025, with Madison County and St. Clair County again accounting for the lion's share of such filings, a new report has indicated. However, while asbestos-related lawsuits increased nationally, driven largely by increases in lawsuits filed over alleged asbestos exposure in talc products, the total lawsuit numbers dipped…

A Granite City family has filed suit against railroad operator Norfolk Southern, saying the company should pay for an accident at its Granite City rail yard in which one of the girls became pinned under a train car and lost her legs, leaving her sister and a friend who witnessed the incident also forever traumatized. On April 2, attorneys for…

The families of four young children and an 18-year-old camp counselor who died at an after-school program in Chatham when a car crashed through the walls of the building housing the YNOT After School Camp in April 2025 have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the YNOT camp operators. The lawsuit was filed on April 19 in Sangamon County Circuit…

Baby formula maker Abbott Labs has been ordered to pay at least $70 million, after a jury found the company should pay for allegedly not doing enough to prevent four infants from ingesting infant formula that caused them to become severely ill. The verdict came despite the formula manufacturer's assertions that evidence showed that in at least three of the…

Yerano Martinez was seriously injured in a car accident after he drove through a stop sign at an intersection. Martinez alleged that an overgrown bush, located on property owned by Jeffrey Smith, obscured the stop sign. The bush extended from Smith's property into the county's right-of-way, which is a strip of land adjacent to the roadway. Martinez argued that Smith…

The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court ruling in favor of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in a case that debated whether the organization had a duty to warn individual student athletes about the risks of football-related head trauma, which can lead to death. The opinion, written by court of appeals Judge Leanna Weissman on Tuesday, stated…

The Indiana Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments next month in a case debating interpretations of the state’s driver responsibilities statute. Judges Robert Altice, Dana Kenworthy and Mary DeBoer will hear the arguments at KIPP Indy Legacy High School in Decatur County on April 9. The case stems from a 2023 motorcycle accident in which Bradley Hobbs and his…