Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court Associate Judge Stephen Balogh is expected to approve a $94.5 million settlement for residents who lived within a 3-mile radius of the massive June 14, 2021, Chemtool industrial fire in Rockton.
No objections to the settlement were filed, and the case is back in court Friday.
“We think the settlement is an excellent result for the class,” Ed Manzke, of the Naperville-based Collins Law Firm, told the Rockford Register Star in an email…