TIPSORD v. UNARCO INDUSTRIES, INC.

Nos. 4-89-0058, 4-89-0059, 4-89-0060 cons.

188 Ill. App.3d 895 (1989)

544 N.E.2d 1198

WILLARD TIPSORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNARCO INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Defendants (Special Materials, Inc.-Wisconsin, et al., Defendants-Appellees). — OTTO KESSINGER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNARCO INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Defendants (Special Materials, Inc.-Wisconsin, et al., Defendants-Appellees). — JAMES DENHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNARCO INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Defendants (Special Materials, Inc.-Wisconsin, et al., Defendants-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed September 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Richard R. Ryan and Michael D. Hultquist, both of McCullough, Campbell & Lane, of Chicago, for appellees.


Affirmed in part, and reversed in part and remanded.

JUSTICE GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

On December 20, 1985, plaintiffs Willard Tipsord, Otto Kessinger, and James Denham filed separate suits in the circuit court of McLean County against the same defendants alleging the defendants sold or supplied asbestos or asbestos-containing products to plaintiffs' employer, Unarco Industries, at its Bloomington plant. Plaintiffs contended they were exposed...

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