Craig T. Liljestrand

• "Plaintiffs fail to supply sufficient asbestos evidence to keep verdict," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, February 4, 2020
• "Asbestos verdict reversed for failure to warn," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, September 24, 2019
• "Plaintiff wins dispute over forum; Cook County deemed best for all," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, August 9, 2019
• "Strict statute of repose blocks Massachusetts asbestos claim," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, May 9, 2019
• "Talcum user fails to establish jurisdiction," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, April 3, 2019
• "South Carolina workers' comp statute ends asbestos claim in two ways," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, January 2, 2019

Craig's other publications include:

• "PFAS in Food Packaging: Product Liability Concerns for Industry Manufacturers and Sellers," IADC's Defense Counsel Journal, March 5, 2024
• "Potential Liability to PFAS Manufacturers and Suppliers of Food Packaging: Examining the Growing Concerns," American Bar Association, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal, Products Liability, Summer 2023
• "PFAS Exposure: A Comprehensive Look at Emerging Facts and Studies, Risk and Liability Assessment, Litigation History, Evolving Regulations and Future Predictions," IADC's Defense Counsel Journal, April 2022
• "Can Asbestos Ever Be Mitigated From Illinois Courts? Illuminating asbestos' pathway out of the Land of Lincoln." ISBA's Illinois Bar Journal, March 2020
• "Judicial Profile: Hon. Rubén Castillo Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois," The Federal Lawyer, November/December 2019
• "Judicial Profile: Hon. Phillip J. Green, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan," The Federal Lawyer, July/August 2019
• "Tort is Not an Option in Illinois Employee Asbestos Exposure," co-author, Product Liability Law360, Employment Law360 and Midwest Law360, June 28, 2012
• "Missouri Court Holds That State's Workers' Compensation Law Not Exclusive Remedy for Occupational Diseases," DRI The Voice 42, October 19, 2011
• "Delaware Joins Trend of States Rejecting 'Take Home' Asbestos Claims," 10 DRI The Voice 34, August 24, 2011
• "California Court of Appeals Refuses to Give a 'Sophisticated Purchased Defense' Instruction to the Jury on Failure to Warn," 9 DRI The Voice 50, December 15, 2010
• "State Legislatures Continue Their Attack: Banning the Use of Bisphenol A (BPA) in Baby Bottles and Containers," 9 DRI The Voice 10, March 10, 2010
• "Texas Supreme Court Now Requires Trial Court to Detail Its Reasons for Granting a New Trial," 8 DRI The Voice29, July 22, 2009
• "Nolan v. Weil-McLain: Was It Worth the Wait? Yes, If You Have a Sole Proximate Cause Defense," co-author, 8 DRI The Voice 14, April 22, 2009
• "Federal Appeals Court Finds that Asbestos Bystander Exposure was Not Foreseeable under Kentucky Law," 8 DRI The Voice 14, April 8, 2009
• "Ohio Property Owners are Immune from all Secondhand Asbestos Exposure Cases," 8 DRI The Voice 14, April 8, 2009
• "The Chilling Effect of Collateral Estoppel: An Investigative Look Back at the Workers' Compensation File May Put the Plaintiff's Toxic Tort Action on Ice," 8 DRI The Voice 4, January 28, 2009; posted to the Workers' Compensation Law Blog: Larsons Case Law Developments, July 31, 2009
• "Mississippi Affirms Reversal of Multimillion-Dollar Benzene Suit Based on the Absence of Any Causation Evidence," Legal Insights, an AIG Domestic Claims publication, Fall 2008
• "Oregon Hands Toxic Torts Defendants a Big Win," 3 In-House Defense Quarterly 11, Summer 2008
• "California Adopts the 'Sophisticated User Defense': Toxic Tort Defendants Now Have a Powerful and Viable Defense in Their Arsenal," co-author, 50 For the Defense (DRI) 4, May 2008
• "Exposure to Welding Fumes: Are The Welding Industry's Risk Management Practices Ready to Face This Growing Litigation Threat?" co-author, 49 For the Defense (DRI) 16, June 2007
• "Silica and the 'Sophisticated User Doctrine': Avoiding Legal Sand Traps under the Duty to Warn," 47 For the Defense (DRI) 61, July 2005
• "Silica and the Sophisticated User Doctrine: Keeping the Silica Manufacturer/Supplier Out of the Legal Quicksand," 46 For the Defense (DRI) 24, September 2004
• "Silica and the Sophisticated User Doctrine: Defending the Manufacturer/Supplier against a Sandstorm of Litigation," 2 Mealey's Litigation Report 7, March 2004
• "And The Defense Wins!!," 3 DRI The Voice 10, March 10-16, 2004. Defense Victory Commentary for Viacom, Inc.
• "Neglecting Mandatory Asbestos Reinspections Could Lead To Liability For Schools," 91 Illinois Bar Journal 571, November 2003. Reprinted in 48 The Missouri Association of Legal Secretaries 3, Winter 2003
• "Complex Bill to Resolve Asbestos Cases Loses Support," Chicago Lawyer, interview and commentary, September 2003
• The Asbestos Compensation Fairness Act," 45 For the Defense (DRI) 20, June 2003
• "The Telecommunications Act of 1996 and Cell Phone Towers: Possible Preclusion of Private Causes of Action for EMF Health Issues," 18 Toxics Law Reporter 160, February 13, 2003
• "The Telecommunications Act of 1996 and Cell Phone Towers," 1 Asset & Risk Management Forum, Issue 2, Summer 2002
• "Asbestos In Schools: No Room For Tardiness In Performing The Mandatory Reinspections Under AHERA," 3 The Report Card, Issue 1, April 2002
• "Cell Phone Suits Have No Basis in Science or Law," 15 Legal Backgrounder No. 55, Washington Legal Foundation, December 15, 2000
• "Lead Paint Litigation & 'Medical Monitoring' Class Actions," 1 Toxic Exposure Litigation, Issue 2, November 2000
• "Courts Reshape Conspiracy Litigation in Illinois," 1 Toxic Exposure Litigation, Issue 1, June 2000
• "Defending the Pill: Oral Contraceptives and Strict Liability in Illinois," 84 Illinois Bar Journal 364, July 1996
• "Electromagnetic Fields (EMF's) and the Potential for Injury: Real Danger Or Overreaction?," 62 Defense Counsel Journal 323, July 1995
• "Repetitive Stress Injuries and the Computer Keyboard: If There Still Is No Causal Relationship between Use and Injury, Is it Wise to Warn?," 13 John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law 391, Spring 1995
• "The Aids Epidemic in America's Prisons: Have the Courts Correctly Diagnosed a Cure for Inmates with Aids?," 71 Michigan Bar Journal 1174-77, November 1992