Madison County Asbestos Filings Down In First Half Of 2015
From the Madison County Record
Asbestos filings in Madison County through June 30 are down by 9 percent compared to the same period last year.
A total of 588 new asbestos lawsuits were filed in the first half of 2015, compared to a total of 656 that were filed in the first half of 2014.
If the pace of filings stays consistent through the end of the year, the county's asbestos docket - the largest in the country - will have scaled back for the second year in a row.
In 2014, a total of 1,300 cases were filed, which was down from the record-setting number of 1,678 filed in 2013.
And while there have been notably fewer cases added to Madison County's docket, there also are fewer local plaintiffs bringing the suits.
Only three plaintiffs in the 588 new cases are from Madison County, or half of 1 percent, and just 31 of them were Illinoisans, or five percent of the total.
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From the Madison County Record
Asbestos filings in Madison County through June 30 are down by 9 percent compared to the same period last year.
A total of 588 new asbestos lawsuits were filed in the first half of 2015, compared to a total of 656 that were filed in the first half of 2014.
If the pace of filings stays consistent through the end of the year, the county's asbestos docket - the largest in the country - will have scaled back for the second year in a row.
In 2014, a total of 1,300 cases were filed, which was down from the record-setting number of 1,678 filed in 2013.
And while there have been notably fewer cases added to Madison County's docket, there also are fewer local plaintiffs bringing the suits.
Only three plaintiffs in the 588 new cases are from Madison County, or half of 1 percent, and just 31 of them were Illinoisans, or five percent of the total.
Read more in our daily News Update...