ENGELLAND v. CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.

No. 1-99-0788.

747 N.E.2d 8 (2001)

319 Ill. App.3d 1059

254 Ill.Dec. 251

Peter ENGELLAND and Maribeth Engelland, Plaintiffs, v. CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC., a/k/a Clean Harbors, Inc., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant (Waste Management of Illinois, Inc., d/b/a Waste Management of the South Suburbs, and Waste Management, Inc., Third-Party Defendants-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

March 9, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Branit, Bullaro & Carton Chtd., Chicago, for Appellant Clean Harbors.

Jeffrey B. Huebsch, John P. Fassola, Power & Cronin, Ltd., Oakbrook Terrace, for Appellee Waste Management of Illinois, Inc.

James W. Fessler, Michael Resis, Glen Amundsen, O'Hagan, Smith & Amundsen, L.L., Chicago, for Appellee Waste Management, Inc.


Justice THEIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Peter and Maribeth Engelland brought an action against Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc. (Clean Harbors), seeking to recover damages for injuries Peter sustained when he inhaled toxic chlorine gas at Clean Harbors' waste disposal facility. Clean Harbors filed a third-party contribution action under a negligence theory against Peter's employer, Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. (WMIL). Prior to trial, Clean...

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