Analyzes current status of asbestos litigation in three high profile Illinois counties: Cook, Madison, and St. Clair. Includes statistics on annual filings, national rankings, and predictions on trends in asbestos litigation.
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The HeplerBroom Blog, published by HeplerBroom, LLC, covers a broad range of legal topics with a focus on practical implications and recent developments. It addresses issues in asbestos litigation, medical malpractice, governmental immunity, and the impact of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence on legal practice. The blog also explores areas such as cyber insurance subrogation, alternative dispute resolution, commercial litigation, employment law, and environmental law. It provides insights relevant to both trial and appellate practice, emphasizing jurisdiction-specific rules and case law, particularly in Illinois and surrounding regions.
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Missouri Appellate Court Examines Requirements for Insurers Regarding Notice for Non-Renewal of Policies
Examines why a Missouri appeals court reversed summary judgment on the denial of an insurance claim after the insurer claimed it had not renewed the policy.
Tips for Building a Successful Defense Against Exceptions to Illinois’ Moorman Doctrine
Explains what Illinois’ Moorman Doctrine is and lists the exceptions that prevent it from being applied. Also offers tips on how to best build a defense strategy that will bar those exceptions from being used.
Insurance Industry Impact: Will Tariff Uncertainty Revolutionize Risk Reviews?
While discussion of the recent tariffs implemented by President Donald Trump has largely centered around the potential rise of prices for tangible consumer goods, the insurance world has other additional considerations at play. In no small margin, the insurance industry…
Only Exceptional Circumstances Allow Attorneys to be Sued by Non-Clients for What Attorneys Did on Behalf of Their Clients REBUILD
Summarizes Missouri appellate court ruling on the qualified privilege attorneys hold from being sued by non-clients for what the attorneys did on behalf of their clients. Includes type of facts that must be alleged in pleadings.
PFAS Litigation Part 2: Where, When, and Why
Highlights how future impact of PFAS litigation can be understood through following aqueous film forming foams multi-district litigation. Includes types of cases involved, especially significance of bellwether cases and public water supply claims.
Illinois Appellate Court Reviews Effort to Circumvent 10-Year Statute of Repose for Construction Projects
Summarizes an Illinois Appellate Court ruling reenforcing that merely attempting to reframe a design defect claim as a negligent maintenance one won’t expand the time limit inherent in the statute of repose for construction projects.
Illinois Appellate Court Examines a Duty to Others in an Operating Room
Summarizes an Illinois appellate court case examining whether a defendant surgeon had a duty to operating room staff while in the operating room. Includes list of four factors that determine whether a relationship creates a duty of care.
Illinois Nursing Home Care Act Amendment Expands Protections Against Retaliation; Requires Additional Training, Education, and Compliance
Summarizes provisions of Illinois House Bill 2474 expanding protections for residents of long-term care facilities against retaliatory acts. Includes list of specific protected activities, residents’ remedies, and facility’s adherence requirements.
A Missouri Insurer’s Right to Intervene: The Seminal Case of McCrackin and Its Early Treatment in Federal Court
Outlines the potentially favorable change for a defendant Missouri insurer’s right to intervene to stay proceedings while an underlying determination of coverage case is pending.