- Posts by Eric D. Rosser
PartnerEric D. Rosser focuses his practice on trials involving complex business litigation matters including asbestos and toxic tort litigation. He serves as counsel for product and premises liability clients throughout Illinois ...
Lists 3 keys to how to chose and prepare defense corporate representatives for depositions
The Madison County Circuit Court recently granted defendant U.S. Steel Corporation’s Motion for Summary Judgment, in the matter of Taylor v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., a/k/a Buffalo Pumps, Inc., et al., Case No. 15 L 652. This was a wrongful-death case arising from alleged exposure to asbestos on U.S. Steel’s premises. A key question was whether U.S. Steel, as the premises owner, owed a duty under negligence law in Illinois to the spouse of an employee of an independent contractor who had worked at its facilities.
The decedent, Cheryl Taylor, developed and died from mesothelioma ...