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MAYFIELD v. ACME BARREL CO.

No. 1-93-0732.

629 N.E.2d 690 (1994)

258 Ill. App.3d 32

196 Ill.Dec. 145

Robert and Hattie MAYFIELD, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ACME BARREL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee (Alcan-Toyo America, Inc., Sinclair & Valentine, L.P., Sun Chemical Corporation, and BASF Corporation, Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

February 3, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wahler, Pecyna & Fleming, Chicago (Dennis M. Fleming, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago (Peter F. Higgins, Hugh C. Griffin and Stephen A. DiTullio, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Justice HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs, Robert and Hattie Mayfield, appeal from an order which dismissed numerous counts of their second-amended complaint with prejudice based on the exclusive remedy of the Workers' Compensation Act (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 48, par. 138.5(a)).

Robert Mayfield was injured on July 23, 1990, when a steel drum he was loading into an incinerator at his place of employment exploded. At the time of his...

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