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• GSK Continues To Settle Zantac Lawsuits Before Trial, While Maintaining Heartburn Drug Did Not Cause Cancers

  July 31, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  GlaxoSmithKline has told the SEC that it has reached a Zantac lawsuit settlement with a man who filed a cancer claim against the company in Illinois state court.

• Lawsuits Claim Nearly 200 Children Were Sexually Abused At Juvenile Detention Center in Illinois

  July 26, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Nearly 200 former inmates of a Cook County, Illinois juvenile detention center have filed a lawsuit claiming they were abused at the facility between 1995 and 2022.

• Jury Rejects Claim That Zantac Caused Cancer Diagnosis in First Bellwether Trial

  May 24, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A Chicago jury has turned in a defense verdict in the first Zantac cancer trial, which claimed the recalled heartburn drug caused a woman to develop colorectal cancer.

• Zantac Jury Trial Over Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis Gets Underway in Illinois

  May 2, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A Zantac lawsuit over a colorectal cancer diagnosis will be the first claim to make it before a jury since the heartburn drugs were recalled more than four years ago.

• Chicago Taqueria Linked to Salmonella Food Poisoning Outbreak

  September 25, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  A salmonella food poisoning outbreak in Illinois has been traced back to a Chicago taqueria, which has temporarily shut down following reports of dozens of illnesses.

• Decades of Child Sexual Abuse by Catholic Clergy in Illinois Detailed in New Report by State Attorney General

  May 23, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  Illinois has released a report indicating nearly 2,000 children were abused by Catholic clergy in that state since 1950.

• JUUL to Pay $462M to Resolve Vaping Nicotine Addiction Lawsuits Filed by Six States

  April 14, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  New York, California and several other states have reached a $462 million settlement agreement to resolve JUUL teen vaping addiction lawsuits.

• Sterigenics Settlement for Ethylene Oxide Leak Lawsuits Results in Agreement to Pay $408M

  January 11, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  Sterigenics will pay $408 million to resolve more than 800 ethylene oxide lawsuits filed over leaks from its defunct Willowbrook, Illinois facility.

• 130 lbs. of Roundup Sprayed Over Every Square Mile in the U.S. on Average, NBC News Reports

  October 31, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  A new investigative report finds that 130 pounds of Roundup weed killer is sprayed on every square mile in the U.S., with the most usage in Iowa, Illinois and Indiana.

• Illinois AG Files Environmental Tort Lawsuit Against Monsanto Over PCB Water Contamination

  October 6, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  Illinois has filed an environmental tort lawsuit against Bayer's Monsanto unit, claiming that for years it knowingly dumped toxic PCBs in the state, contaminating its natural resources and water supply.