Petition Claims State Farm Secretly Raised Millions for Ill. Justice Who Voted Its Way in $1B Case - News - ABA Journal: "Lawyers seeking to reinstate a $1 billion verdict against State Farm claim the insurer covered up the full extent of its fundraising on behalf of an Illinois Supreme Court justice who voted to overturn the award.
In a petition filed last week, former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson and other Tennessee lawyers claim that State Farm raised between $2.4 million and $4 million on behalf of Lloyd Karmeier, who sided with State Farm in the 2005 decision after winning election. The Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune have stories on the allegations.
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