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ADAMS v. BATH AND BODY WORKS, INC.

No. 1-02-3530.

830 N.E.2d 645 (2005)

358 Ill. App.3d 387

294 Ill.Dec. 233

Steve ADAMS, as Special Adm'r of the Estate of Dixie Adams, Deceased, and Individually, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BATH AND BODY WORKS, INC., a Foreign Corporation, Sharon Kubasak, an Individual, and Globaltech Industries, Inc., a Foreign Corporation, Defendants-Appellees (Bath and Body Works, Inc., Counterplaintiff and Cross-Appellant: Sharon Kubasak, Globaltech, Industries, Inc., and Steve Adams, Counterdefendants and Cross-Appellees; Globaltech Industries, Inc., Counterplaintiff; v. Bath and Body Works, Inc., Sharon Kubasak, Steve Adams, and State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Counterdefendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

May 26, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. Wadington & Associates, Chicago (Robert N. Wadington and Jeffrey C. Kasten, of counsel), for Appellant.

Johnson & Bell, Chicago (Robert M. Burke and Jon E. Szostak, of counsel), for Bath & Body Works, Inc.

Rooks Pitts, Chicago (Michael C. Borders, James W. McConkey and Rosa M. Tumialan, of counsel), for Sharon Kubasak.

Williams, Montgomery & John, Ltd., Chicago (Christina D. Ketcham, Alyssa M. Campbell, Brian J. Hunt and Lloyd E. Williams, of counsel), for Globaltech.

O'Hagan, Smith & Amundsen, L.L.C., Chicago (James W. Fessler and Michael Resis, of counsel), for State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

Justice QUINN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Steve Adams, both individually and as the special administrator for the estate of his wife, Dixie Adams, filed a three-count complaint against defendants Bath & Body Works, Inc. (BBW), Globaltech Industries, Inc. (Globaltech), and Sharon Kubasak (Kubasak), seeking damages from a fire that occurred in the house that he and his family had rented from Kubasak. Plaintiff alleged that a candle, manufactured...

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