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Monday, July 12, 2004
Law - Court election a battle for clout
"Court election a battle for clout" is the headline to this AP story today in the Chicago Tribune that begins:
Trial lawyers and business groups are pouring money into an increasingly nasty race for an open seat on the Illinois Supreme Court, the latest flare-up in a long-simmering nationwide feud between the two powerful groups.The campaign comes as tobacco giant Philip Morris is appealing an order to pay $10.1 billion in damages for misleading smokers. The state Supreme Court is due to take up the appeal next year -- after the new justice is sworn in.
On television, ads in the southern Illinois district get to the heart of the issue: One warns "predatory trial lawyers" are driving away jobs and doctors. "Sharks in fancy suits are getting rich at our expense," says the ad, paid for by the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, a supporter of Republican candidate Lloyd Karmeier.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 12, 2004 02:39 PM
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