IL Sup Court upholds changes to workers’ comp law; Asbestos, other toxic exposure suits from decades past not barred – Cook County Record

Illinois' altered workers' comp law doesn't block asbestos plaintiffs and others who discover diseases allegedly caused by workplace exposures to toxic substances from suing their former employers, even if the alleged disease-causing exposure happened many decades in the past, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled.

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