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Cook County judge won't upset $363M verdict awarded to one woman in first Sterigenics EtO exposure trial; Sterigenics vows appeal
Willowbrook woman Susan Kamuda has blamed her cancer diagnosis on emissions from Sterigenics' now-shuttered Willowbrook medical device sterilization plant -
Sterigenics: Judge erred in combining EtO emissions cases, should be handled more like asbestos cases
Sterigenics, facing about 830 lawsuits worth potentially billions of dollars altogether, says a Cook County judge's decision to allow plaintiffs to consolidate their cases into groups for trial clashes with how the courts have handled other kinds of lawsuits over industrial toxins, like asbestos -
Sterigenics: $363 million verdict in cancer suit over EtO emissions based wrongly on 'passion' and 'class prejudices'
A company that sterilized medical equipment in suburban Willowbrook is asking a Cook County judge to toss a verdict that could cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars for allegedly causing a woman's cancer. -
Judge: Sterigenics can still be sued in Cook County court, even if complied with federal clean air rules
Medical device sterilization company Sterigenics will need to defend itself in Cook County court against a host of lawsuits brought by trial lawyers on behalf of people living in communities surrounding Sterigenics’ Willowbrook facility, as the judge said the company's compliance with federal clean air rules don't protect it from the lawsuits accusing the company of releasing emissions the lawsuits say caused the plaintiffs' cancer. -
Trial lawyers: EPA admission of fault in Sterigenics emissions measuring won't matter to lawsuits vs company
As federal environmental regulators reassess their controversial measurements of emissions from the Sterigenics plant in Willowbrook, a group of lawyers representing Willowbrook residents are continuing unfazed in their lawsuits against the company, based largely on findings in a federal report that relied heavily on the allegedly faulty data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.