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OREJEL v. YORK INTERN. CORP., INC.

Nos. 1-96-0246, 1-96-0306, 1-96-0307 and 1-96-0309.

678 N.E.2d 683 (1997)

287 Ill. App.3d 592

222 Ill.Dec. 811

Cirilo OREJEL and Salvador Vega, Indiv. and as Adm'r. of the Estates of J. Jesus Orejel, Graciela Orejel, Sr., Salvador Orejel, Angelica Orejel, J. Jesus Orejel, Jr., Graciela Orejel, Jr., Ernesto Orejel, Patricia Orejel, Luis Orejel, Margarita Orejel, all Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. YORK INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, INC., William V. Wantuck, d/b/a Wantuck and Sons, Grayson Controls, a Division of Robert Shaw Control Company, Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company, K and K Heating and Air Conditioning Company, American Gas Association, (York International Corporation, Inc., Counter-Plaintiff-Appellee; William V. Wantuck, d/b/a Wantuck and Sons, Grayson Controls, a Division of Robert Shaw Control Company, Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company, K and K Heating and Air Conditioning Company, American Gas Association, Counter-Defendants-Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

March 26, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cremer, Kopon, Shaughnessy & Spina, Chicago (Francis A. Spina and Julie A. Bruch, of counsel), Frank C. Rowland, Paul A. Michalik, Rooks, Pitts & Poust, Chicago, Ross & Hardies, Chicago (William J. Winger and Barbara Baran, of counsel), Esther Joy Schwartz, Stellato & Schwartz, Ltd., Chicago, D. Kendall Griffith, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, for Counter-Defendants-Appellants.

Charles W. Douglas, Sheila A. Sundvall, Theodore T. Chung, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, for Counter-Plaintiff-Appellee.

Presiding Justice COUSINS delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, the independent administrators of the deceased brought wrongful death and survival claims to recover for the deaths of 10 family members who died as the result of carbon monoxide poisoning. Defendant York International Corporation (York) entered a $10 million settlement agreement with plaintiffs, releasing York as well as other defendants from further liability. Various defendants, including...

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