W.R. GRACE & CO. v. CSR LTD.

No. 3-95-0176.

666 N.E.2d 8 (1996)

279 Ill. App.3d 1043

216 Ill.Dec. 840

W.R. GRACE & CO., et al., Plaintiffs, v. CSR LIMITED, Defendant and Petitioner Appellant (Helen Ensey, indiv. and as Adm'r of the Estate of John L. Ensey, Jr., Deceased, Plaintiff and Respondent Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

April 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry A. Short (argued), Michael P. Casey, David L. Coffman, and Yvette M. Guerra, Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C., St. Louis, MO, for CSR Limited.

William P. Gavin, Brown & Gavin, Belleville, James Hughes (argued) and William M. Connelly, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Charleston, SC, for Helen Ensey.


Justice McCUSKEY delivered the opinion of the court:

John Ensey, Jr. died of mesothelioma on November 26, 1992. John's wife, Helen Ensey (Ensey), as administrator of his estate, filed her fifth amended complaint on October 15, 1993. Ensey alleges that the defendant, CSR Limited (CSR), a corporation headquartered in Australia and organized under the laws of Australia, sold asbestos to Johns-Manville Corporation (Manville) which incorporated it into transite pipe and...

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