REDELMANN v. K.A. STEEL CHEMICALS, INC.

No. 1-06-2371.

879 N.E.2d 505 (2007)

Fritz REDELMANN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. K.A. STEEL CHEMICALS, INC., PVS Chemicals (Illinois), Inc., and Veliscol Chemical Corp., Defendants-Appellees (Alexander Chemical Corporation, The Butcher Company, Inc., Cardinal Chemical Corporation, Clorox Products Manufacturing Company, C.P. Sales Company, NYCO Products Company, Olin Corporation, PPG Industries, Inc., Rexford Rand Corporation, Stevens Chemical Company, Sunnyside Corporation, S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc., S.C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc., West Sanitation Services, Inc., Hysan Corporation, Wepak Corporation, Canberra Corporation, Rowell Chemical Corporation, Seeler Industries, Inc., Atochem North America, Inc., BASF Wyandotte Corporation, Select Specialty Sales, L.L.C., Phibro Chemicals, Inc., Claire, Inc., and Chemical Packaging Corporation, Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

November 29, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Caghan, P.C., Chicago (Paul Caghan, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, LLP (Jennifer Jerit Johnson, John M. O'Driscoll, of counsel), Smith Amundson LLC (Michael Resis, of counsel), Stahl, Cowen, Crowley, LLC (Kevin R. Krantz, of counsel), all of Chicago, for Defendants-Appellees.


Presiding Justice NEVILLE delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Fritz Redelmann, filed a complaint against the defendants, K.A. Steel Chemicals, Inc. (K.A. Steel), PVS Chemicals (Illinois), Inc. (PVS), Veliscol Chemical Corp. (Veliscol), and other defendants not parties to this appeal, based on negligence and product liability. In the complaint, Redelmann alleged that he was injured when he was exposed to hydrochloric acid (HCL) and other chemicals while...

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