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NELSON v. KEENE CORP.

Nos. 1-92-2875, 1-92-2876.

669 N.E.2d 665 (1996)

283 Ill. App.3d 7

218 Ill.Dec. 522

Elda NELSON, individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Robert Nelson, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KEENE CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Patricia DUNNING, individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Colette Fitzsimmons, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KEENE CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

August 12, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence M. Johnson, Chicago (David A. Novoselsky, Kevin S. Besetzny; David A. Novoselsky & Associates, of counsel), for Appellants.

Robert H. Riley, Catherine Masters Epstein, Thomas P. Heneghan; Schiff Hardin & Waite, Chicago, for Appellee Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Baker & McKenzie, Chicago (Francis D. Morrissey, Daniel J. Cheely & Paul B. O'Flaherty, Jr., of counsel), for Appellee ACandS, Inc.

Jack L. Block, Robert H. Nathan, Angela Y. Im; Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd., Chicago, for Appellee The Flintkote Co.

Michael P. Connelly, Daniel R. Karon; Connelly, Mustes & Schroeder, Chicago, for Appellee Fibreboard Corp.

Miriam Farkas Glueck, Dennis J. Dobbels, Joseph W. Lampo; Polsinelli, White, Vardeman & Shalton, Kansas City, MO, for Appellee Pittsburgh Corning Corp.

Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL (Karen L. Kendall, Christopher P. Larson, Brad A. Elward, of counsel), for Appellees Armstrong World Industries, Inc., GAF Corp., Asbestos Claims Management Corp., f/k/a National Gypsum Co., United States Gypsum Co., Rock Wool Manufacturing Co. and T & N plc.

BRADEN, Justice.

Plaintiffs, Elda Nelson and Patricia Dunning, appeal the judgment of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing their actions for lack of jurisdiction. On appeal, they opine that their complaints were erroneously dismissed.

We affirm.

On April 23, 1987, plaintiffs filed petitions pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 217 (134 Ill.2d R. 217), seeking to preserve the testimony of two terminally ill persons, Robert Nelson and Colette Fitzsimmons...

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