Illinois Mesothelioma Lawyer and Legal Information

Illinois has a longstanding reputation as being extremely friendly to asbestos plaintiffs. Cook County, home of Chicago, St. Clair County and Madison County have routinely made the top ten list of 'Judicial Hellholes' compiled by the American Tort Reform Association because of the enormous verdicts awarded to plaintiffs in personal liability lawsuits, including mesothelioma lawsuits. What's 'bad for business', though, is good for plaintiffs in asbestos lawsuits, who find sympathetic juries and laws that favor plaintiff's rights to recover compensation