Ill. Justices OK Workers' Injury Suits Over Dormant Diseases
By Dorothy Atkins ( January 24, 2025, 8:46 PM EST) -- The Illinois Supreme Court answered the Seventh Circuit's call on Friday to clarify the state's Workers' Occupational Diseases Act in a widow's wrongful death lawsuit against Goodrich Corp., finding the statute can apply to claims for asbestos-related cancer and other diseases that manifest belatedly despite the statute's other temporal restrictions....
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