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FLANDERS v. CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMUNITIES

No. 5-03-0737.

828 N.E.2d 793 (2005)

356 Ill. App.3d 1113

293 Ill.Dec. 483

Bonnie FLANDERS, Individually and as the Special Administrator of the Estate of Thomas Flanders, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMUNITIES, INC., f/k/a Koll Real Estate Group, Inc., Defendant-Appellant (Bechtel Corporation, Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, John Crane, Inc., Rapid American Corporation, Wheelabrator Technologies, Inc., Resco Holdings, Inc., Union Tank Car Company, Graver Water Systems, Graver Technologies, Inc., Marmom Industrial Corporation, Inc., and ABB Lummus Global, Inc., Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

April 13, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Lamb, Randi Ellias, Suzanne M. Walton, Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Robert G. McCoy, Michael A. Kaczmarek, Cascino Vaughan Law Offices, Ltd., Chicago, IL; Allen Large, Lawrenceville, IL, for Appellee.

Justice KUEHN delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a case where a man's estate is seeking damages related to his death. Thomas Flanders died of mesothelioma, most likely due to asbestos exposure. It is alleged that a significant exposure to asbestos occurred when he worked at a Texaco refinery in Lawrenceville, Illinois, where a catalytic cracker unit was allegedly manufactured by M.W. Kellogg Company (M.W. Kellogg) in 1950. Asbestos was used as insulation...

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