May 21, 2000 issue of The Telegraph, with "Verdict Rocks Shell" Headline

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This May 21, 2000 issue of The Telegraph includes the headline article of Edwardsville-Shell Oil Co. which wasn't the process of a lawsuit with one of their employees, a former roofing worker who developed mesotheleoma, an asbestos related cancer while working at the Wood River refinery. The worker sued Shell for $34.1 million according to the article.

This newspaper headline was brought in by Lucas Gebhardt as a part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in February 2020.

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