PANCHINSIN v. ENTERPRISE COS.

No. 82-2134.

117 Ill. App.3d 441 (1983)

453 N.E.2d 797

JAMES W. PANCHINSIN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. THE ENTERPRISE COMPANIES et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed August 19, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McKenna, Storer, Rowe, White & Farrug, of Chicago (Robert S. Soderstrom and Shaun McPartland, of counsel), for appellants Metalglas Industries, Inc., Endura Coatings, and Bhaskar Urs.

Sidley & Austin, of Chicago, for appellant Union Carbide Company.

Rivkin, Leff, Sherman & Radler, of Chicago, for appellant The Dow Chemical Company.

Pope, Ballard, Shepard & Fowle, of Chicago, for appellant E.I. DuPont-DeNemours Company.

Baker & McKenzie, of Chicago, for appellants Ashland Oil, Inc., and Ashland Chemical, Inc.

Law Offices of Thomas J. Keevers, of Chicago, for appellant Insilco Home Products Corporation d/b/a The Enterprise Companies, et al.

Burgeson, Laughlin, Cunningham & Hare, of Chicago, for appellants Ashland Oil, Inc., Ashland Chemical, Inc., and M & T Chemicals, Inc.

Chadwell, Kayser, Ruggles, McGee & Hastings, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellants Hercules, Inc., and Hercules Chemical Corporation.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago, for appellant Mobay Chemical and Baychem Corporation.

Robert A. Holstein, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellant DeGussa, Inc.

Susan E. Loggans & Associates, of Chicago, for appellees.


Order affirmed.

JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

James and Linda Panchinsin, California residents, filed a tort action in Illinois on June 15, 1981, based on injuries allegedly suffered by James in California on June 17, 1979. Their lawsuit would have been barred in California by a one-year statute of limitations (compare Cal. Civ. Proc. Code secs. 312 and 340 (West 1982), with Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 110, pars. 13-202, 13-203), and the...

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