DYKSTRA v. A.P. GREEN INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 5-01-0112.

760 N.E.2d 1034 (2001)

326 Ill. App.3d 489

260 Ill.Dec. 261

Cornelius C. DYKSTRA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. A.P. GREEN INDUSTRIES, INC., A.W. Chesterton, Inc., Abex Corporation, as Predecessor to the Pneumo Abex Corporation, AC & S, Inc., Allied Signal, Inc., as a Successor Corporation to Allied Corporation and Successor in Interest to North American Refractories Company and Bendix, Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Bondex International, Brauer Supply Company, Cafco, Inc., a Division of Isolatek International, Combustion Engineering, Inc., Corhart Refractories, Delco-Moraine, a Division of General Motors Corporation, Surabla Manufacturing Company, Fibreboard Corporation, Flexitallic Gasket Co., Inc., The Flintkote Company, Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, GAF Corporation, Garlock, Inc., General Electric Company, General Gasket Corporation, General Refractories Company, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Grimes Aerospace Company, d/b/a Surface Combustion, Harbison-Walker Refractories, Industrial Holdings Corporation, f/k/a The Carbondum Corporation, Ingersoll-Rand Company, J.P. Bushnell Packing, John Crane, Inc., Kaiser Refractories, a Division of Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company, North American Refractories Company, OwensIllinois, Inc., Plibrico Company, Rapid American Corporation, as Successor in Interest to Philip Carey Corporation, Riley Stoker Corporation, Sager Corporation, Sidener Supply Company, Sprinkmann Sons Corporation of Illinois, Standard Insulation, Inc., T & N, p.l.c., Thermic Refractories, Inc., a/k/a Morgan Crucible Company, Uniroyal, Inc., Viacom, Inc., as Successor by Merger to CBS Corporation, f/k/a Westinghouse Electric Corporation, United States Gypsum Company, W.R. Grace & Co., and Young Insulation Group of St. Louis, Inc., Defendants (Burns International Security Corporation, f/k/a Borg-Warner and Borg-Warner Corporation, Certain-Teed Corporation, Pfizer, Inc., Quigley Company, Inc., and Union Carbide Corporation, Defendants-Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

December 11, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Karen L. Kendall, Brad A. Elward, Peoria, IL., Robert H. Schultz, Jr., Kent L. Plotner, Jennifer B. Johnson, Edwardsville, IL, Attorneys for Certain-Teed Corp., Pfizer, Inc., T & N P.L.C., Quigley Co., and United States Gypsum Co.

John Simmons, Marcus E. Raichle, Jr., Randall A. Bono, The Simmons Firm, LLC, Wood River, IL, Attorneys for Cornelius C. Dykstra.


Justice GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court.

The instant litigation arises out of the choice of forum selected by Cornelius C. Dykstra (plaintiff) for his lawsuit against numerous asbestos manufacturers, sellers, and distributors. Burns International Security Corp., formerly known as Borg-Warner and Borg-Warner Corp. (Burns), Gasket Holdings, Inc., formerly known as Flexitallic Gasket Company, Inc. (Flexitallic...

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