Madison County Fair

Rural Madison County, Illinois has a widespread reputation as a lucrative trial venue, even for people who don’t live or work there. The state legislature has not been helpful in pushing tort reform, so tort reform groups are taking their cause straight to the people – at the fair. Now that’s a populist venue if […]

Rural Madison County, Illinois has a widespread reputation as a lucrative trial venue, even for people who don’t live or work there. The state legislature has not been helpful in pushing tort reform, so tort reform groups are taking their cause straight to the people – at the fair. Now that’s a populist venue if ever there was one.

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  • Was this Fair Balanced?

    “thermometer hot”

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