Asbestos Litigation
Heyl Royster has three decades of experience in defending asbestos personal injury and property damage cases. We have served our clients as trial lawyers, appellate counsel and regional coordinating counsel. Our experience in this field is unequaled and we remain at the cutting edge of the legal, industrial hygiene and medical issues which shape this litigation.
Our clients routinely call upon us to assist them in grappling with this incessantly changing legal environment. Although the courtrooms of Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, California and West Virginia are the places where we usually act as advocates, we also have advanced our clients' interests before legislative committees, trade associations and bar-affiliated organizations. If there is a common theme to our representation, wherever it may be, it is that we are unwilling to resign ourselves to acceptance of the status quo. Our clients are best served by constantly questioning and challenging the conventional wisdom which too often guides this litigation.
Our clients' recent appellate victories in Berry v. Union Carbide and In re: Chicago Asbestos Litigation demonstrate that they have been well-served by retaining Heyl Royster as their lawyers.
Toxic Tort Litigation
Heyl Royster's expertise in mass torts extends into following areas of toxic tort defense:
- Benzene (personal injury, property damage, and ground water contamination)
- Manganese / welding rods
- Diacetyl
- Silica
- Vinyl Chloride
- Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis / Respirators
- Metal Working Fluids
Each subject matter requires that we develop the scientific and legal skills necessary to challenge most sophisticated members of the plaintiff's trial bar. Our commitment to doing has been rewarded by the growth of this practice and the confidence our clients have shown in us.
Significant Cases
- Numerous asbestos trials begun and resolved via settlement or dismissal during course of trial proceedings.
- Costa v. A. P. Green Industries, Inc. Defense verdict after 7-week trial in Peoria County alleging wrongful death due to asbestos exposure
- Johnson v. A. P. Green Industries, Inc. Defense verdict after 5-week trial in Peoria County alleging wrongful death due to asbestos exposure
- Gloria Breske, Special Administrator of the Estate of John Breske v. Union Carbide Corporation Wrongful Death asbestos lawsuit tried to defense Not Guilty verdict.
Attorneys
- Laura Althardt
- Charles Anderson
- Jeffrey Bash
- James Bentivoglio
- Matthew Booker
- William Charnock
- Patrick Cloud
- Michael Daniels
- Michael Denning
- Thomas Dluski
- William Dye
- Philip Eisele
- Keith Fruehling
- Timothy Graham
- Joseph Guyette
- Christine Heinsz
- Sara Ingram
- Jennifer Johnson
- Edward Johnston
- Andrew Keyt
- Michael Kokal
- Lisa LaConte
- Adam Lagocki
- John Langfelder
- Christopher Larson
- Mark Ludolph
- Matthew Morris
- Carol Perkins
- Gary Pinter
- Kent Plotner
- Gregory Rastatter
- Michael Raub
- John Redlingshafer
- Melanie Riley
- Andrew Roth
- Michael Schag
- Drew Schilling
- Robert Shultz
- Tobin Taylor
- Toney Tomaso
- Lynsey Welch
- Maura Yusof
- Jay Znaniecki