EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (Legal Newsline) – As Madison County’s asbestos docket continues to make headlines as one of the largest dockets in the country thanks to an unbalanced scale tipping heavily towards out-of-state claimants, the jurisdiction’s approach to trial slots is being called into question by defense attorneys.
“If we could just get some relief with the trial slots, that would help with the jurisdiction” said Lisa LaConte, defense attorney with Heyl Royster.
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