GRAVES, Presiding Justice, for the Court:
¶ 1. After a large number of its former employees sued Illinois Central Railroad Company ("ICRR"), alleging occupational exposure to asbestos, plaintiffs' counsel and ICRR's counsel met to discuss the possibility of a settlement. Although the parties dispute exactly what transpired at the meeting, they agree that ICRR later sent settlement checks to a substantial majority of the 216 plaintiffs after receiving signed releases...
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