While asbestos case filings have been down about 3 percent nationwide so far this year, Madison and St. Clair Counties remain the top asbestos jurisdictions.
Recently, KCIC posted their 2022 Mid-Year Asbestos Filings Update. This update is compiled using information collected through July 31st. This article illustrates some highlights from.
According to a report by consulting firm KCIC, Madison and St. Clair Counties saw the most asbestos cases filed in the nation in 2020.
KCIC’s Asbestos Litigation: 2020 Year in Review report became available Thursday and lists Madison and St. Clair Counties at the top of the 15 jurisdictions with the most asbestos cases filed last year.
“Illinois - and Madison County in particular - continues to be the epicenter for asbestos filings,” the report states.
According to the report, asbestos filings for 2020 as a whole decreased 11 percent compared to 2019. There were 4,137 cases filed in 2019 and 3,685 cases filed last year total. Prior to 2019, asbestos filings had declined by an average of about 8 percent per year since 2016. Then filings from 2018 to 2019 remained stagnant before the 11 percent drop.