ALDRIDGE v. A.C. & S., INC.

No. 4-93-0742.

636 N.E.2d 1 (1994)

263 Ill. App.3d 931

200 Ill.Dec. 810

Cecil ALDRIDGE, Joseph E. Beals, Edmond E. Bingham, Glendell G. Buckner, Maurice Buesking, Gary M. Burns, Gerald G. Evans, Donald Griffiths, Carl R. Hammer, James A. Hawkins, Joe L. Roundtree, Clifford Scott, Frederick Sellers, Howard Shakespear, Ronald E. Sloan and Cecil R. West, Plaintiffs, v. A.C. & S., INC., ET AL., Defendants (OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R.T. VANDERBILT COMPANY, INC. and Southern Talc Company, Third-Party Defendants-Appellees, and Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company, Third-Party Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided May 20, 1994.

Rehearing Denied July 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Setter/Mark Spitalnik/David D. Schlachter (argued), Tilly & Graves, P.C., Denver, CO, for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.

Edward J. Matushek III (argued)/Alan S. Zelkowitz, Haskell & Perrin, Chicago, IL, for R.T. Vanderbilt Co., Inc.

Jack T. Riley/Charles W. Planek/Thomas H. Fegan/Mindy Kallus (argued)/Kelly W. Warnick, Johnson & Bell, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Cyprus Indus. Minerals Co.

Francis D. Morrissey/Daniel J. Cheely/Michael A. Pollard/Adriane Burkland (argued), Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, IL, for Southern Talc Co.


Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

On December 31, 1986, plaintiffs, employees of the Firestone Tire & Rubber plant (Firestone) in Decatur, brought an action for personal injuries against defendant third-party plaintiff Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Inc. (OCF), and a number of other manufacturers. Plaintiffs alleged in their complaint that while working at Firestone they were injured by exposure to asbestos products manufactured by OCF and sold to Firestone...

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