DUNDEE CEMENT CO. v. CHEMICAL LABORATORIES, INC.

No. 82-2894.

712 F.2d 1166 (1983)

DUNDEE CEMENT COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHEMICAL LABORATORIES, INC., a Kansas Corporation, d/b/a Penn State Industries, and Daniel A. Vaughn, Individually, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Schroeder, Isham, Lincoln & Beale, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Barry L. Kroll, Jacobs, Williams & Montgomery, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before PELL and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and WEIGEL, Senior District Judge.


PELL, Circuit Judge.

In this case we consider whether Illinois tort law permits a plaintiff whose property was not physically damaged to recover for purely economic losses allegedly caused by the negligence of a defendant. The district court granted the appellees' motion to dismiss the complaint on the grounds that the appellees had no legal duty to the appellant and that Illinois law does not permit recovery under a negligence theory for purely economic losses.<...

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