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Saintsmania and Superbowl fever takes over Louisiana Court Docket!

We at File & Serve often get a kick out of reading Court Orders (sad, I know...but we really do love it!)... This one was especially entertaining and creative from the District Court in New Orleans. Court adjourned...case continued! They'll reconvene once the Vince Lombardi trophy finds it's way to the "Big Easy". Who Dat!  Go Saints!

Download Order cont trial 1-27-10

San Francisco Superior Court Realizes Substantial Time and Cost Savings by Implementing LexisNexis® File & Serve in Asbestos Litigation

Results In Increased Work Productivity And Substantial Time Savings For Court’s Staff

A little-known fact about the San Francisco Superior Court is that it carries the largest asbestos litigation caseload of any of California’s 58 Superior Courts. The Court has more than 1,660 active pending cases, which account for about two-thirds of the asbestos caseload in the state.

"As far back as 1998, we were looking for a way to leverage technology in order to help manage the massive amounts of documents involved in complex litigation," said Gordon Park-Li, chief executive officer of the San Francisco Superior Court. "This was of great concern to us because of the large number of asbestos cases filed here in San Francisco."

The Court’s research indicated that the trend in asbestos filings was likely to continue—and perhaps accelerate—in the coming years. Indeed, to this day, national forecasts indicate that the pool of claimants is not yet dwindling. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that another 1.7 million claims will be filed nationwide over the next three decades. These statistics are telling for a Court that will continually face the challenge of devising strategies for the fair administration of justice and the efficient handling of cases that often involve multiple defendants and insurance companies. more

28 New Asbestos Cases Filed Dec. 14-18 in Madison County, IL

File & Serve is the e-filing vendor currently in place in Madison County IL for Law Cases over $50,000. Between the week of December 14-18, 2009, a total of 28 new asbestos cases were filed into Madison County. The names of these cases are as follows:

ADAMS THERESIA MANN INDIVIDUAL VS. A O SMITH CORPORATION 2009 L 001370

BALDRIDGE DANIEL G JR VS. ATLAS ASBESTOS COMPANY 2009 L 001383

BOWDEN JOSEPH VS ATLAS ASBESTOS COMPANY 2009 L 001378

BREWER PATRICK A VS BONDEX INTERNATIONAL INC 2009 L 001357

BRISTOW ALMARY VS ATLAS ASBESTOS COMPANY 2009 L 001382

BUCHANON REX A VS ATLAS ASBESTOS COMPANY 2009 L 001377

BUSSERT ALTHEA INDIVIDUALLY VS A W CHESTERON COMPANY 2009 L 001367

COSE WAYNE E JR VS ATLAS ASBESTOS COMPANY 2009 L 001372

CRAFT MELVIN E VS ATLAS ASBESTOS COMPANY 2009 L 001376

FITZPATRICK KENNETH A SR VS ATLAS ASBESTOS COMPANY 2009 L 001381

FLOYD DONALD VS A W CHESTERTON INC 2009 L 001355

HATFIELD ANCE VS ATLAS ASBESTOS COMPANY 2009 L 001375

HOLT CHERYL VS A W CHESTERTON INC 2009 L 001362

JENSEN HANS JR INDIVIDUALLY VS A W CHESTERTON COMPANY 2009 L 001351

JONES BOBBY L VS A O SMITH CORP 2009 L 001366

KENNEDY ROBERT VS A O SMITH CORP 2009 L 001358

LIBSACK RICHARD INDIVIDUALLY VS A W CHESTERTON COMPANY 2009 L 001361

MELLINGER PATRICIA VS ATLAS ASBESTOS COMPANY 2009 L 001384

PLOURDE LEO A VS ATLAS ASBESTOS COMPANY 2009 L 001380

REED KENNETH W VS ATLAS ASBESTOS COMPANY 2009 L 001373

ROBERTSON VANNIE VS A W CHESTERTON COMPANY 2009 L 001354

SHERER ROBERT C VS A W CHESTERTON INC 2009 L 001352

STEPHAN THOMAS E VS ATLAS ASBESTOS COMPANY 2009 L 001379

STOTTS LARRY R VS A W CHESTERTON INC 2009 L 001353

SWEARINGEN ROBERT C VS A O SMITH CORPORATION 2009 L 001368

THOMPSON JAMES K VS A W CHESTERTON INC 2009 L 001356

WHITBECK GERALD VS A O SMITH CORPORATION 2009 L 001365

For more detail on the filing of these cases, please see the following article in the Madison Record.