Ill. Court Dismisses Asbestos-Containing Dental Tape Case After Jury Deadlocks

CHICAGO -- An Illinois court has dismissed with prejudice a case involving alleged exposure to asbestos-containing dental tape after a jury deadlocked and a mistrial was declared, sources told HarrisMartin. Boeve, et al., v. Whip Mix Corp., et al., No. 10 L 008128 (Ill. Cir. Ct., Cook Cty.).

According to a one-page Nov. 4 order, Judge Patrick Foran Lustig of the Illinois Circuit Court for Cook County dismissed the case with prejudice and sources said that the plaintiffs did not seek reinstatement. Judge Lustig had declared a mistrial earlier after the jury reported they were deadlocked on the issue of …