August 16, 2019
An Illinois federal judge has kicked back to state court a host of lawsuits claiming that sterilization company Sterigenics emitted cancer-causing chemicals from a local facility, finding that the cases focus on state law rather than federal law.
November 29, 2018
Residents of a Chicago suburb have urged an Illinois federal judge to send back to state court three lawsuits over claims that sterilization company Sterigenics knowingly emitted cancerous chemicals from a local facility for decades without disclosing the risks, saying their suits don't implicate the Clean Air Act, only state law claims.