BOARD OF EDUCATION v. A, C & S, INC.

Nos. 67576, 67585 cons.

131 Ill.2d 428 (1989)

546 N.E.2d 580

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Appellees, v. A, C AND S, INC., et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 25, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Novack & Macey, of Chicago (Stephen Novack and P. Andrew Fleming, of counsel), for appellant A, C and S, Inc.

Baker & McKenzie, of Chicago (Francis D. Morrissey, Daniel J. Cheely, Steven R. Ayres and Corinne Seither, of counsel), for appellant Fiberboard Corp.

Nolan, O'Malley & Dunne, of Chicago (S. Robert Depke and Michael J. Nolan, of counsel), for appellant Thompson-Hayward Chemical Co.

Schiff, Hardin & Waite, of Chicago (Robert H. Riley, Catherine Masters Epstein and Andrea E. Lodahl, of counsel), for appellant Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Katten, Muchin & Zavis, of Chicago (James C. Murray, Jr., Patrick J. Lamb and Kirk T. Hartley, of counsel), for appellant GAF Corp.

Haskell & Perrin, of Chicago (Edward Matushek III and Jerome Duchowicz, of counsel), for appellant A & M Insulation, Inc.

Arnstein, Gluck, Lehr & Milligan, of Chicago (Patrick F. Geary and Terri L. Bartelstein, of counsel), for appellants Hill-Behan Lumber Co. and J.J. Barney Lumber Co.

Schroeder & Seeley, Ltd., of Geneva (John L. Schroeder and Therese S. Seeley, of counsel), for appellant Wilkin Insulation.

Rooks, Pitts & Poust, of Chicago (Douglas P. Roller, William D. Seith and Tamara A. Capello, of counsel), for appellant Dana Corp.

Rooks, Pitts & Poust, of Chicago (Kathy A. Smith, John G. Poust and Jill M. Rappis, of counsel), for appellant Chicago Fire Brick Co.

Sachnoff, Weaver & Rubinstein, Ltd., of Chicago (Arnold A. Pagniucci, Steven H. Cohen and Stuart A. Chanen, of counsel), for appellant Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.

Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, of Chicago (Patrick E. Maloney and Stephen T. Grossmark, of counsel), for appellant Flintkote Co.

McDermott, Will & Emery, of Chicago (Gary Jackson and Lawrence E. Zabinski, of counsel), for appellants Georgia-Pacific Co. and Uniroyal, Inc.

Pretzel & Stouffer, Chtd., of Chicago (Neil K. Quinn and John V. Smith II, of counsel), for appellant Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd.

Chadwell & Kayser, Ltd., of Chicago (J. Michael Newton and Erica A. Munzel, of counsel), for appellant Raymark Industries, Inc.

McDermott, Will & Emery, of Chicago (Steven P. Handler, Maureen A. Murphy and Janet M. Koran, of counsel), for appellant Cassiar Mining Corp.

Kiesler & Berman, of Chicago (Robert Kiesler and Cynthia A. Meister, of counsel), for appellant Illinois Insulation & Construction Co.

John B. Grogan, Ltd., of Chicago (Susan Gunty, of counsel), for appellant Grant-Wilson, Inc.

Gorham, Metge, Bowman & Hourigan, of Chicago (Edward H. MacCabe and Christopher A. Kreid, of counsel), for appellant John J. Moroney & Co.

Burke, Bosselman & Weaver, of Chicago (Victor P. Fillippini, Jr., Keith A. Klopferstein, Edward F. Ryan and Mark A. Stang, of counsel), for appellant Union Carbide Corp.

Michael P. Connelly, Bruce C. Howard and John R. Ostojic, of Connelly, Mustes & Palmer, of Chicago, for appellants Carey-Canada, Inc. and The Celotex Corp.

Schoen & Smith, Ltd., of Chicago (David Smith, of counsel), for appellant Pittsburgh-Corning Corp.

Kirkland & Ellis, of Chicago (John H. Morrison and James H. Gale, of counsel), for appellant Pfizer, Inc.

Pellett, Lundblad & Baker, of Chicago (Robert L. Martier, of counsel), for appellant Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.

O'Brien, Redding & Hyde, of Chicago (James M. Domer, of counsel), for appellant M. Mauritzon & Co.

French, Rogers, Kezelis & Kominiarek, P.C., of Chicago (Gilbert J. Rogers and Terence R. Selby, of counsel), for appellant Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

Kurnik & Cipolla, of Arlington Heights (Thomas Platt, of counsel), for appellant Nicolet Industries, Inc.

O'Connor & Schiff, of Chicago (Neil D. O'Connor and William C. Brittan, of counsel), for appellant Iten Industries.

Edward Melia and George F. Fitzpatrick, Jr., of Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, of Chicago, for appellants CertainTeed Corp. and Combustion Engineering, Inc.

John J. Verscaj, of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, of Chicago, for appellant W.R. Grace & Co.

Jack T. Riley, Jr., of Johnson, Cusack & Bell, of Chicago, for appellant Proko Industries, Inc.

Eugene E. Gozdecki, of Gozdecki, Zido & Behnke, of Chicago, for appellant C. Tennant Sons & Co. of New York.

Thomas R. Meites, Lynn Sara Frackman, Michael M. Mulder and Joan H. Burger, of Meites, Frackman & Mulder, of Chicago, for appellee Evanston Community Consolidated School.

Patricia Whitten, Susan Einspar-Wayne and Karen Gatsis Anderson, of Chicago, of counsel, for appellee Chicago Board of Education.

John H. Hager and Elaine K.B. Siegel, of Hager & Collins, of Chicago, for appellee Board of Education of Township High School District No. 211.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Robert J. Ruiz, Solicitor General, of Chicago, and Marilyn A. Kueper and Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Assistant Attorneys General, of Springfield, of counsel), for amicus curiae Attorney General of the State of Illinois.


Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed in part and reversed in part; cause remanded.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue presented in this case is whether the plaintiffs, 34 school districts, have sufficiently pleaded a cause of action to recover the removal and repair costs of asbestos-containing material (ACM) in their buildings from the various defendants who are or were involved at some level...

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