Griffith Foods

1 Griffith Court, Alsip, IL 60803

Judge nixes bid by Sterigenics, other corporate defendants to avoid trial, risk of bigger payouts for EtO emissions

By Jonathan Bilyk | Tuesday, Jul 5, 2022 @ 9:18pm

A Cook County judge denied requests from medical device sterilization company Sterigenics and other defendants, including Griffith Foods, for summary judgment as the first trial date approaches over claims the companies allowed emissions from a Willowbrook plant that allegedly caused cancer
Sterigenics plaintiffs to ask IL Supreme Court to step into dispute over how looming trial will proceed

By Jonathan Bilyk | Tuesday, Jun 21, 2022 @ 6:24pm

Hundreds of lawsuits are pending, claiming EtO emissions from Sterigenics caused cancer in Willowbrook. The first trial is scheduled to begin next month
Judge nixes bid from Griffith Foods to toss Willowbrook EtO suits; Hundreds of identical lawsuits filed since

By Jonathan Bilyk | Wednesday, Dec 1, 2021 @ 1:20pm

More than 460 lawsuits have been filed in Cook County court against Griffith Foods since a judge refused Griffith's attempt to dismiss claims asserting they should be liable for ethylene oxide emissions from the former Sterigenics medical sterilization plant in Willowbrook
Plaintiffs' lawyers file 600 more personal injury lawsuits vs Sterigenics, now also suing Griffith Foods

By Jonathan Bilyk | Sunday, Aug 23, 2020 @ 7:33am

Alsip-based Griffith Foods says it has had nothing to do with the shuttered Willowbrook sterilization plant for more than 20 years.