H. Patrick Morris
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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
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
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.