By Matt Sepic, KWMU
St. Louis – When tobacco giant Philip Morris was handed a $10-billion judgment in a class- action lawsuit this year, it happened in a Madison County, Illinois, courtroom. It's a popular jurisdiction for lawyers filing class-action lawsuits.
KWMU's Matt Sepic reports for NPR that now some groups are criticizing the county for being a "plaintiff's paradise."
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