U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois: Asbestos Cases

Our case-law library holds 4 asbestos decisions from the U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois (1993–2020). Each links to our summary and the full opinion.

• Kind of court: Federal district court

Decisions

• Hicks v. Ford Motor Company (2020). The district court denied Roy Hicks's motion to remand, finding that non-diverse defendant John Crane was fraudulently joined, so Ford Motor Company's removal to federal court stood.
• Amling v. Schlage Lock Co. (2019). The court dismissed the Amlings' federal declaratory judgment suit against Schlage Lock and Harrow Industries without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, and alternatively declined to hear it as a matter of discretion.
• Harrow Industries LLC v. Nexus Corporation (2018). The court granted Nexus Corporation's motion to dismiss Harrow Industries' contract complaint for failure to plausibly allege liability, but allowed Harrow limited discovery and leave to file an amended complaint.
• State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. WR Grace & Co. (1993). The district court denied W.R. Grace's motions for judgment as a matter of law and for a new trial, leaving State Farm's $17,889,632.47 jury award (with State Farm found 30 percent negligent) in place.