Recent News About Edelson PC
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Steris Isomedix reaches $48M deal to end Lake County EtO lawsuits
The settlement has not yet been approved. However, Steris said the deal would resolve the majority of 275 lawsuits accusing the company over alleged cancer-causing ethylene oxide emissions from a medical device sterilization plant in Waukegan -
Mistrial ends, for now, first trial vs Isomedix over Lake County EtO emissions
Problems with a juror apparently cut short jury deliberations in the first trial over claims that emissions from medical device sterilization plants in Lake County caused cancers. About 275 similar lawsuits are pending in Cook County court vs Steris Isomedix, the sole remaining unsettled defendant in those lawsuits -
Class action: Maker of Muslim Pro prayer, Quran aid app 'betrays' Muslims by tracking their movements
A class action lawsuit accuses app maker BitsMedia of wrongly allowing other organizations, potentially including the government, to use location data logged by an app to track the movement of Muslims in the U.S -
Judge shuts down bid by Highland Park shooting plaintiffs to deny Smith & Wesson right to appeal
A federal judge agreed gunmaker Smith & Wesson had small chance to win on appeal to keep Highland Park lawsuits out of famously plaintiff-friendly Illinois state court, but said they have the right under federal law to appeal, no matter how fast plaintiffs want to move the case forward to a potentially big payout