Madison County’s asbestos docket lightens from a year ago by more than 100 cases

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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (Legal Newsline) – The crowded asbestos docket in Madison County, Ill., saw a drop of more than 100 new asbestos case filings so far this year, which some attorneys attribute to the decrease of lung cancer cases.

As of June 30, Madison County has seen 656 new cases filed in its asbestos docket, a drop from last year’s record of 793 mid-year filings.

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