Plaintiff, Defense Attorneys And Judge Stobbs Discuss Navigating Madison County Asbestos Docket
From the Madison County Record
Madison County Associate Judge Stephen Stobbs was joined by attorneys from both side of the fence to shed light on how to navigate a case in the nation’s busiest asbestos docket.
Plaintiff attorney Allyson Romani of Shrader & Associates in Glen Carbon and defense attorney Gary Pinter of Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, along with Stobbs, talked about the process of filing suit and going to trial in Madison County at the HarrisMartin Midwest Asbestos Conference, held Sept. 18 in St. Louis.
Even though Madison County is where most new asbestos cases get filed each year, not many cases go to trial. In fact, roughly one case per year has gone to trial in the past decade.
“I think that’s a testament to how well the docket works,” Romani said of the low trial rate.
Since 2005, there have been nine asbestos trials, eight of which were defense verdicts. The one plaintiff verdict was for $500,000 and was later reduced to almost nothing due to the plaintiff's prior settlements.
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From the Madison County Record
Madison County Associate Judge Stephen Stobbs was joined by attorneys from both side of the fence to shed light on how to navigate a case in the nation’s busiest asbestos docket.
Plaintiff attorney Allyson Romani of Shrader & Associates in Glen Carbon and defense attorney Gary Pinter of Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, along with Stobbs, talked about the process of filing suit and going to trial in Madison County at the HarrisMartin Midwest Asbestos Conference, held Sept. 18 in St. Louis.
Even though Madison County is where most new asbestos cases get filed each year, not many cases go to trial. In fact, roughly one case per year has gone to trial in the past decade.
“I think that’s a testament to how well the docket works,” Romani said of the low trial rate.
Since 2005, there have been nine asbestos trials, eight of which were defense verdicts. The one plaintiff verdict was for $500,000 and was later reduced to almost nothing due to the plaintiff's prior settlements.
Read more in our daily News Update...