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INSURANCE CO. OF ILLINOIS v. STRINGFIELD

Nos. 1-96-0347, 1-96-0344.

685 N.E.2d 980 (1997)

292 Ill. App.3d 471

226 Ill.Dec. 525

INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Katalina STRINGFIELD; American National Bank & Trust Company, Under Trust No. 60140; Lawrence Willis; and Gloria Willis, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied October 28, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament Bell & Rubenstein, P.C., Chicago (Anthony C. Valiulis, Deborah Schmitt Bussert, Penny Brown, Wendy B. Kahn, of counsel), and Jenner & Block, Chicago (John Mathias, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellants.

Bingham Summers Welsh & Spilman, Indianapolis, IN (Dennis F. Cantrell, James M. Hinshaw, of counsel), and Cutler & Hull, Chicago (David P. Cutler, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Justice GALLAGHER delivered the opinion of the court:

This consolidated appeal raises an issue of first impression in Illinois: whether the standard pollution exclusion found in general liability policies precludes coverage for personal injuries arising out of a minor's ingestion of lead paint and plaster chips inside his family's apartment.

The undisputed facts follow. Defendant Lawrence Willis, when he was two years old, lived with his mother, defendant...

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