PMC, INC. v. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO.

Nos. 97-2884, 97-3773.

151 F.3d 610 (1998)

PMC, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth T. Kristl, Timothy Rooney, Jane D. Pigott (argued), Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee in docket 97-2884.

T. Timothy Eaton (argued), Ungaretti & Harris, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Stephen A. K. Palmer, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL; Jane D. Pigott (argued), Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL; Nancy MacKimm, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee in docket 97-3773.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and WOOD, JR., and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

In 1985, PMC, the plaintiff in this toxic-waste suit, bought from the defendant, Sherwin-Williams, a plant on the south side of Chicago in which Sherwin-Williams had been manufacturing paints, insecticides, and other chemicals for a century or so. Since 1992, PMC has been required by Illinois' environmental protection agency to clean up toxic waste discovered at the site, and it faces the prospect of future costs in an unknown amount to comply...

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