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Belleville News-Democrat High-profile lawsuits dip in Madison County
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Monday, Jan 02, 2006
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Posted on Mon, Jan.
02, 2006
High-profile lawsuits dip in Madison County
BY BRIAN BRUEGGEMANN
News-Democrat
The number of class actions and asbestos lawsuits filed in Madison County has declined for the second year in a row.
The number of class actions filed in 2005 stood at 46 last week, down from 82 in 2004.
The number of asbestos lawsuits stood at 376, down from 477 in 2004.
President George W.
Bush visited Madison County in early 2005 to tout a new law that restricted where plaintiff lawyers can file class actions, which lump together a group of people with similar claims and commonly result in...
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