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HAMMOND v. N. AMERICAN ASBESTOS CORP.

No. 17360.

105 Ill. App.3d 1033 (1982)

435 N.E.2d 540

CHARLOTTE HAMMOND, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NORTH AMERICAN ASBESTOS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied June 3, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, of Peoria (William J. Voelker, Jr., Frederick P. Velde, and Judy A. Schieber, of counsel), for appellant.

James Walker, Ltd., of Bloomington, for appellee.

Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

JUSTICE LONDRIGAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, the wife of an asbestos worker who contracted asbestosis, sued defendant, North American Asbestos Corporation, for loss of consortium on theories of strict liability and wilful and wanton negligence. Judgment was entered on the jury's verdict awarding plaintiff $125,000 in compensatory and $375,000 in punitive damages, and defendant appeals.

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