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Illinois Supreme Court Justice Who Helped Overturn Aftermarket Parts Verdict against State Farm at Center of Election Controversy Again

October 24, 2014 By CollisionWeek Editor

Effort to get Justice Lloyd Karmeier voted off the court gains the financial support of Plaintiff Attorneys who could gain from reinstatement of judgments in class-action lawsuits.

Donations in the election of Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier are again making headlines. This time, however, plaintiff attorneys were reported this week to have made large donations to an effort to unseat Karmeier who is up for reelection in November.

According to a report published this week in the Belleville News-Democrat, two attorneys employed by a firm involved in a case brought against tobacco firm Philip Morris donated $500,000 recently to

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