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BETTS v. MANVILLE PERSONAL INJURY TRUST

Nos. 4-91-0046, 4-91-0057, 4-91-0066, 4-91-0090.

588 N.E.2d 1193 (1992)

225 Ill. App.3d 882

167 Ill.Dec. 1063

Dorothy BETTS, individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Elijah Betts, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MANVILLE PERSONAL INJURY SETTLEMENT TRUST, Defendant-Appellant (Joseph Babb, et al., Plaintiffs; Unarco Industries, Inc., et al., Defendants; Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff; Unarco Industries, Inc., Third-Party Defendant). Juan MENDIOLA, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MANVILLE PERSONAL INJURY SETTLEMENT TRUST, et al., Defendants-Appellees (John D. Spicer, et al., Plaintiffs; Elizabeth Cryor, Administrator of the Estate of Robert Cryor, Deceased, et al., Defendants). Wilha DIETRICH, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GREFCO, INC., Defendant-Appellant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant (Joseph Babb, et al., Plaintiffs; Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust, et al., Defendants; Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff; Unarco Industries, Inc., Third-Party Defendant; Wedron Silica, Co., et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellees). Dorothy BETTS, individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Elijah Betts, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MANVILLE PERSONAL INJURY SETTLEMENT TRUST, et al., Defendants-Appellees (Joseph Babb, et al., Plaintiffs; Unarco Industries, Inc., et al., Defendants; Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff; Unarco Industries, Inc., et al., Third-Party Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing April 8, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Walker, Bloomington, for Wilha Dietrich, Dewey, Durbin & Joseph Finfrock et al.

Margaret S. Garvey, Steven M. Hartmann, Freeborn & Peters, Attys. at Law, Chicago, for Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust, and Manville Corp. Asbestos Disease Comp. Fund.

James C. Craven, Donald M. Craven, James C. Craven, P.C., Attys. at Law, Springfield, J. Timothy Eaton, Shelley Rice Weinberg, Coffield, Ungaretti, Harris & Slavin, Attys. at Law, Chicago, for Grefco, Inc.

Edward M. Crane, Matthew M. Neumeier, Mark Parts, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Attys. at Law, Chicago, for Wedron Silica Co.

MODIFIED OPINION UPON DENIAL OF REHEARING

Justice McCULLOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

These consolidated appeals arose from the determinations of the circuit court of McLean County in consolidated multiparty actions seeking damages for personal injuries, wrongful death, and loss of consortium allegedly resulting from exposure of workers at the Bloomington, Illinois, factory owned by Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (UNARCO) to asbestos or diatomaceous...

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