LaSALLE NAT. BANK v. SKIDMORE, OWINGS

No. 1-92-2343.

635 N.E.2d 564 (1994)

262 Ill. App.3d 899

200 Ill.Dec. 225

LaSALLE NATIONAL BANK, as Trustee under Trust Number 36223, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL, Tishman Construction Company, Tishman Liquidating Corporation, Tishman Construction Corporation of Illinois, James McHugh Construction Co., Crouch Walker Corporation, Dessent Roofing Co., Inc., Economy Mechanical Industries, Inc., Commercial Light Co., Flood Testing Laboratories, Inc., CST Construction Co., Teeco Properties, L.P. and Tishman Realty Corporation, Defendants (McNulty Brothers Company, Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

May 5, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard S. Shifflett and Timothy S. Harris, Wilson & Mcllvaine, Chicago, for appellants.

Gardner, Caron & Douglas, Chicago, IL. (Michael E. Barry, and William H. Anderson, of counsel), for appellee.


Presiding Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

We reverse a summary judgment where the trial court found, as a matter of law, that the owners of the Apparel Center in Chicago (Center) knew or should have known not later than 1977 that the heating problems that plagued their building were wrongfully caused. Suit was not filed until 1986, outside the four year statute of limitations if the date fixed by the trial court is correct. We disagree, finding...

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