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Fourth District vacates McLean County asbestos conspiracy verdicts; New hearings on whether Honeywell witness must testify
2/7/2012 5:00 PM By Ann Maher

Cook

SPRINGFIELD - The Fourth District Appellate Court has vacated two McLean County asbestos conspiracy verdicts, remanding them for new hearings on whether the defendant's expert should be compelled to appear at trial.

Wylder

Justices to hear oral arguments in $17.8 million McLean County asbestos verdict
1/26/2012 1:00 PM By Steve Korris
SPRINGFIELD - Fourth District appellate judges will review a $17.8 million jury verdict from a McLean County asbestos conspiracy trial at oral arguments on Feb. 7.
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McCullough

Fourth District rejects another asbestos case; Court declines to create duty 'where no duty exists'
1/25/2012 7:22 AM By Steve Korris
SPRINGFIELD - Fourth District appellate judges lifted a load of litigation from Illinois Central Railroad on Jan. 20, finding it had no duty 50 years ago to move boxcars in a way that protected workers at an asbestos plant.
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Chapman

Mississippi claimant's FELA case belongs in St. Clair County, appellate court rules
1/12/2012 6:56 AM By Steve Korris
MOUNT VERNON - Fifth District appellate justices affirmed St. Clair County Circuit Judge Lloyd Cueto's jurisdiction over a Mississippi man's chemical exposure suit against former employer Illinois Central Railroad.
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Knecht

Fourth District tosses $5.5 million McLean County asbestos conspiracy verdict
1/3/2012 9:25 PM By Steve Korris
SPRINGFIELD - Five months after Fourth District appellate judges reversed a McLean County jury's asbestos conspiracy verdict against Honeywell International, another panel of the same court tossed out another conspiracy verdict against Honeywell.

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Donovan

Fifth District reverses Metz in family's dispute over estate
11/23/2011 6:20 AM By Steve Korris
MOUNT VERNON - Madison County Associate Judge Nelson Metz wandered into the middle of a family feud when he should have stuck with one side, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on Nov. 15.
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Stewart

Verdict for Illinois Southwest Orthopedics upheld at the Fifth District
11/3/2011 6:13 PM By Kelly Holleran
The Fifth District Appellate Court has upheld a Madison County verdict that went in favor of Illinois Southwest Orthopedics, which had been accused of negligence in treating a body builder's 2003 knee injury.
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Chapman

Appellate court reverses injury ruling for 'informal summer beer league'
11/2/2011 8:51 PM By Kelly Holleran
The Fifth District Appellate Court on Monday tossed out a summary judgment ruling made by Madison County Circuit Judge Ann Callis in favor of a Staunton organization that was sued for the way it set up a recreational softball field.

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MacDonald

Peanut butter case dismissed against ConAgra upheld at appellate court
10/19/2011 2:51 PM By Steve Korris
MOUNT VERNON - Madison County Associate Judge Clarence Harrison properly rejected Theresa Johnston's claim that ConAgra Foods injured her with poisonous peanut butter, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on Oct. 6.
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Stewart

Bank can't take funds from one company to compensate for other's debt, appellate court rules
10/19/2011 6:47 AM By Kelly Holleran
The Fifth District Appellate Court ruled last week that a bank is not eligible to deduct extra money from a company's bank account to compensate for another company's debt.
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Spomer

Med mal case belonged in Missouri - not Madison County, appellate court rules
10/18/2011 9:43 PM By Steve Korris
MOUNT VERNON - Madison County Circuit Judge Andy Matoesian kept a medical malpractice case that belonged in Missouri, Fifth District appellate justices ruled.
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