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BEALS v. SUPERIOR WELDING CO.

No. 4-94-0417.

653 N.E.2d 430 (1995)

273 Ill.App.3d 655

210 Ill.Dec. 525

Phyllis J. BEALS, Administrator of the Estate of James F. Beals, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SUPERIOR WELDING COMPANY, Hall & Schwartz Consulting Engineers, n/k/a Hall, Schwartz & Ahlenius, Industrial Risk Insurers, Factory Mutual Engineering Corporation, Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company, and The Dow Chemical Company, Defendants-Appellees (Burdick Plumbing and Heating Company, Expert Technical Services, Inc., and WVP Corporation, Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided July 20, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Walker (argued), James Walker, Ltd., Bloomington, for Phyllis J. Beals.

Michael J. Kehart (argued), Decatur, James E. Peckert, Kehart, Shafter, Hughes & Webber, P.C., Decatur, for Superior Welding Co.

Mark S. Grotefeld, Susan M. Griesgraber (argued), Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Chicago, Alan R. Miller, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Boston, MA, for Indus. Risk Insurers.

Evan H. Johnson (argued), Erickson Davis Murphy Johnson Griffith & Walsh, Ltd., Decatur, for Lumbermen's Mut. Cas. Co.

Robert E. Gillespie, William P. Hardy (argued), Hinshaw & Culbertson, Springfield, for Dow Chemical Co.

John Barr, Barr & Barr, Decatur, for Expert Technical Services, Inc.

Harold F. Tenney (argued), Carl J. Tenney, Tenney & Tenney, Decatur, for Hall, Schwartz & Ahlenius.

Justice McCULLOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff filed a complaint generally sounding in negligence against Superior Welding Company (Superior), with amended counts against various defendants, for the death of plaintiff's decedent during a work-related accident at A.E. Staley Manufacturing Company (Staley). All defendants, except Superior, obtained dismissal by summary judgment; Superior was dismissed pursuant to sections

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