The Supreme Court on Thursday sided against a Missouri man who claimed that the herbicide Roundup caused his cancer. The majority of the court backed an argument from the product’s manufacturer that the lawsuit should have been barred because the federal government does not require a cancer warning on the label. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the opinion for a 7-2…
Saying a St. Clair County judge applied an improper legal standard and allowed trial lawyers to bias a jury, an Illinois appeals court has tossed out a $60 million verdict in favor of a woman who claimed formula maker Mead Johnson should pay for her premature baby’s death, allegedly from an illness caused by Enfamil baby formula. On June 12,…
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases on June 30, one of which involves the reversal of a $42 million damages award given to an Avon man who was seriously injured in a 2017 crash involving a truck owned by Tesla. At 9 a.m., the state’s high court will hear oral arguments in the case, Shepard…
An Illinois man who suffered severe injuries to his hand and fingers in a dog attack received a $300,000 settlement, the law firm John J. Malm & Associates said. The man attacked by two pit bulls while taking his German Shepard for a walk in the town of Elgin. The incident occurred when he tried to separate the pit bulls…
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a man to sue a major logistics company after he lost part of his leg in a semi tractor-trailer crash, a decision that could have big ripple effects across the trucking industry. The justices ruled unanimously in favor of Shawn Montgomery, whose parked vehicle was hit by a speeding truck driver on an Illinois…
The Indiana Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments next month in a case determining whether the city of South Bend is liable for failing to fill a pothole that caused a person to suffer significant injuries. John Murphy, the St. Joseph County auditor, sued the city of South Bend in 2024 after he stepped into a pothole and suffered…
A federal judge has potentially cleared the way for another trial against pharmaceutical and nutritional supplement maker Mead Johnson & Co. over claims their Enfamil-brand infant formula has harmed some babies. On May 8, U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer denied Mead Johnson’s bid to bring a relatively quick end to a key lawsuit amid the thousands of others pending in…
Some members of the U.S. Supreme Court openly conceded their ruling will almost certainly result in Americans paying more for virtually everything shipped or bought in the U.S. But a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court said they still must clear the way for more lawsuits against freight brokers, as they said federal law cannot be used to shield the shipping middlemen…
Pharmaceutical makers Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie have renewed their push to pull the plug on efforts by trial lawyers to force the companies to pay for allegedly contributing to alleged toxic emissions of ethylene oxide plaintiffs claim have caused illness among people living in Lake County, saying their use of the chemicals were not only essential to health care, but…
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…
