FROUD v. CELOTEX CORP.

Nos. 57087, 57088, 57089 cons.

98 Ill.2d 324 (1983)

456 N.E.2d 131

BEATRICE FROUD, Indiv. and as Special Adm'r, Appellee, v. THE CELOTEX CORPORATION et al., Appellants. RITA WILLIAMSON, Indiv. and as Adm'r, Appellee, v. THE CELOTEX CORPORATION et al., Appellants. SHIRLEY FRIDAY, Indiv. and as Special Adm'r, Appellee, v. THE CELOTEX CORPORATION et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 25, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Connelly, P.C., of Chicago, (Michael P. Connelly, of counsel), for appellant Celotex Corporation.

Schiff, Hardin & Waite, of Chicago (Roger Pascal, Robert H. Riley, and Diana C. White, of counsel), for appellant Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, of Chicago (D. Kendall Griffith, Thomas M. Crisham, and Fredrick S. Mueller, of counsel), for appellant Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation.

Katten, Muchin, Zavis, Pearl & Galler, of Chicago (James C. Murray and Bonita L. Stone, of counsel), for appellant Gaf Corporation.

Jacobs, Williams & Montgomery, Ltd., and O'Brien, Redding & Hyde, of Chicago (Barry L. Kroll, Lloyd E. Williams, Donald J. O'Brien, James A. Dower, Michael J. Rathsack, of counsel), for appellant Standard Asbestos, Inc.

Epton, Mullin, Segal & Druth, Ltd., of Chicago (Edward J. McCambridge, of counsel), for appellant H.K. Porter Co.

Sweeny & Riman, Ltd., of Chicago (Harry G. Sachrison, of counsel), for appellant Keene Corporation.

French, Rogers, Kezelis & Kominiarek, P.C., of Chicago (Richard G. French, Gilbert J. Rogers, and Annie Laurie Coogan, of counsel), for appellant Armstrong World Industries.

Chadwell & Kayser, Ltd., of Chicago (David J. Gibbons, of counsel), for appellant Raymark, Inc.

Baker, & McKenzie, of Chicago (Daniel J. Cheely, of counsel), for appellants Combustion Engineering, Inc. and Fibreboard Corporation.

Schoen & Smith, of Chicago (David M. Smith, of counsel), for appellant Pittsburg Corning Corporation.

Thomas J. Keevers, of Chicago (Susan G. Castagnoli, of counsel), for appellant Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.

Kralovec, Marquard, Doyle & Gibbons, Chtd., of Chicago (Henry J. Marquard and Nancy Jo Arnold, of counsel), for appellant The Flintkote Company.

John B. Grogan, Ltd., of Chicago (Thomas J. Kane, John B. Grogan, and Susan Gunty, of counsel), for appellant Grant Wilson, Inc.

Haskell & Perrin, of Chicago (Willis J. Tribler and Philip A. Jackman, of counsel), for appellant A & M Insulation Co.

Tenney & Bentley, of Chicago (Michael J. Smith and Karen S. Quant, of counsel), for appellant Aarco Products Corporation.

Judge, Drew, Cipolla & Kurnick, of Park Ridge (James S. Stephenson, of counsel), for appellant Nicolet Industries, Inc.

Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, of Chicago (James P. Dorr and Elsie E. Singer, of counsel), for appellant Combustion Engineering, Inc.

Rooks, Pitts, Fullagar & Poust, of Chicago (Daniel P. Socha, Michael D. Freeborn, and David H. Kistenbroker, of counsel), for appellant Johns-Manville Sales Corporation.

Hubbard, Hubbard, O'Brien & Hall, of Chicago (Rory D. Cassidy, of counsel), for appellant Mauritzon, Inc.

Kiesler & Berman, of Chicago (Thomas B. Underwood, of counsel), for appellant Ryder Cement.

Phelan, Pope & John, of Chicago (Peter C. John and Barbara K. Halpern, of counsel), for appellant Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.

McKenna, Storer, Rowe, White & Farrug, of Chicago (John F. White, Robert S. Soderstrom, and James P. DeNardo, of counsel), for appellant UNARCO Industries, Inc.

Burke & Burke, Ltd., of Chicago (John M. Burke, of counsel), for appellees.

George F. Archer, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Aviation Safety Institute.

William J. Harte, Ltd., of Chicago (William J. Harte, of counsel), for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Gus Svolos, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

James R. Gannon, of Lewis, Overbeck & Furman, of Chicago, for amici curiae Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad Co. and Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.

Kenneth J. Wysoglad, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Burlington Northern Railroad Co.

Edward M. O'Donnell, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co.

James P. Daley, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Chicago & North Western Transportation Co.

William D. Serritella, of Ross, Hardies, O'Keefe, Babcock & Parsons, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Consolidated Rail Corporation.

George W. Gessler, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.

Thomas J. Healey, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Central Gulf Railroad.

Scott Skaletsky, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Missouri Pacific Railroad Co.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

Here we must decide whether a claim for punitive damages in a common law action for recovery on account of an injury to a person abates at the death of the injured person or survives the death by reason of the Survival Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 110 1/2, par. 27-6).

In each of these consolidated actions, which were

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