EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - An Illinois village of 1,500 people has sued several oil refining companies in state court, saying in a March 20 complaint that the Wood River Oil Refinery has contaminated the village's land, air and water with benzene and other... Read More

CHICAGO - A unanimous Fourth Division First District Illinois Appellate Court panel posted an opinion Dec. 27 overturning a $32 million judgment against the manufacturer of diacetyl and remanded the personal injury claims of the plaintiff for retrial... Read More

NEW YORK - No coverage is owed to the successor company of an insured for underlying suits alleging injuries caused by exposure to popcorn butter flavoring products because the trial court incorrectly applied New York law rather than Illinois law, which... Read More

ELGIN, Ill. - An Illinois appeals court on May 8 modified an award of damages in favor of a landlord to account for a security deposit that was paid by tenants who claimed that the property they rented contained water damage and mold but affirmed the... Read More

MARKHAM, Ill. - An Illinois appeals court on March 9 affirmed a trial court's decision to deny a motion to amend filed by a former employee at a law firm who sought to add a claim for spoliation of mold evidence, finding that her request was not timely... Read More

CHICAGO - A unanimous First District Illinois Appellate Court, Fifth Division, panel announced an opinion April 2 overturning a declaratory judgment for insurance companies that they owe a duty to the former mayor of Crestwood, Ill., to defend in underlying... Read More

CHICAGO - The personal injury claims of a truck driver alleging a respiratory injury from exposure to paint solvent fumes survived a defense motion for no-causation summary judgment in an order entered March 15 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern... Read More

ST. LOUIS - An Illinois federal judge on April 30 refused to grant summary judgment in favor of the owners of a building on claims asserted by an employee, finding that the owners had control over a portion of the building that developed mold and contained... Read More

MADISON, Wis. - A Wisconsin appeals court on May 18 declined to reconsider its ruling allowing admission of invoices turned over by a company's lawyer that allegedly document the sale of asbestos-containing products (Cindy Horak, et al. v. Building... Read More

CHICAGO - The parents of an 18-year-old who allege that their daughter is incapacitated by a brain tumor caused by exposure to fugitive radioisotopes released from a nuclear power plant were granted a motion to voluntarily dismiss without prejudice May... Read More

CHICAGO - An Illinois appeals court on Sept. 24 affirmed a trial court's decision refusing to grant a motion for reconsideration for a new trial filed by a cooperative tenant, who alleged that her unit contained water damage and mold growth, finding... Read More

NEW ORLEANS - A railroad's discovery that plaintiffs filed potentially deceptive asbestos claims against it did not put it on notice of fraudulent conduct by the attorneys, a divided Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held May 29 in affirming... Read More

ST. LOUIS - An Illinois federal court on March 22 denied a motion to dismiss filed by the owners of a commercial rental that allegedly contained mold, finding that a man who worked in the building and alleges that he was made ill by exposures to harmful... Read More

CHICAGO - The $32 million personal injury verdict awarded in August 2010 to a flavor-industry employee stricken with bronchiolitis obliterans was overturned Oct. 4 by a unanimous First District Fourth Division Illinois Appellate Court panel, which held... Read More

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - An Illinois federal judge on May 29 found that the seller of a manufactured home properly removed an action filed against it by purchasers who allege that they suffered injuries caused by mold, finding that the amount in controversy... Read More