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Appeals panel: Calif-based maker of medical device component can't use lack of direct sales in IL to escape suit in Cook County

By Dan Churney | Thursday, Dec 9, 2021 @ 3:45pm

An state appeals panel has ruled Cook County Circuit Court has jurisdiction, in a medical malpractice suit, over an out-of-state medical device manufacturer, because the company and its distributor both sell the device in Illinois
Judges: Asbestos plaintiff not harmed by ruling barring testimony from doctor over exposure theories

By Jonathan Bilyk | Friday, Sep 1, 2017 @ 12:17pm

A federal appeals court in Chicago has refused to upend a jury’s verdict against a retired pipefitter, who had claimed Owens-Illinois and ExxonMobil should be held liable for his lung cancer because possible exposure to asbestos on work sites decades ago, and not a 30-year, pack-and-a-half-a-day cigarette smoking habit, had caused the illness.