Linnie Kathryn BERRY, on Her Own Behalf and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Howard L. Berry, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
AMERICAN STANDARD, INC., American Water Works Service Company, Inc., Arkla Industries, Inc., Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC, G.W. Berkheimer Company, Inc., Industrial Contractors, Inc., John Crane, Inc., Lennox Industries, Inc., Marathon Oil Company, Sealing Equipment Products Company, Union Carbide Corporation, and The Whirlpool Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.
Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 19, 2008.
May 19, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
W. Russell Sipes, Todd Barnes, Linda George, Kathleen A. Musgrave, James S. Bolen, Vincent Green, George & Sipes, Indianapolis, IN, attorneys pro hac vice.
Paul E. Wieck, Bennett, Schroeder & Wieck, Marshall, IL, Attorneys for Appellant.
Carolyn M. Husmann, Brenda G. Baum, Anne B. Schmidt, Eric D. Rosser, James R. Grabowski, Sean Sheehan, Hepler, Broom, MacDonald, Hebrank, True & Noce, LLC, Edwardsville, IL, Peter J. Sacopulos, Michael J. Sacopulos, Gus Sacopulos (admitted pro hac vice), Sacopulos, Johnson & Sacopulos, Terre Haute, IN, attorneys for Marathon Oil Co.
Douglas B. King (admitted pro hac vice), Dayna L. Switzer, Jamie Young, Wooden & McLaughlin, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, attorneys for Industrial Contractors, Inc.
C. Raymond Bell, Daniel G. Donahue, Carla C. Storm, Foley & Mansfield, PLLP, St. Louis, MO, Susan E. Mehringer, Lewis & Wagner, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Gregory C. Ray, Craig & Craig, Mattoon, IL, attorneys for The Whirlpool Corporation.
Craig L. Unrath, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL, Robert H. Shultz, Kent L. Plotner, Peter Maginot, Robert Marcus, Douglas Heise, Philip M. Eisele, Timothy Graham, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Edwardsville, IL, attorneys for Lennox Industries, Inc., and Union Carbide Corp. — NO BRIEFS FILED.
Dennis F. Cantrell, Katherine L. Shelby, Denise Wade Chavis, Karl L. Mulvaney, Jessica K.T. Ohlson, Daniel Gerritzen, Bingham McHale LLP, Indianapolis, IN, attorneys admitted pro hac vice for G.W. Berkheimer Co., Inc. — NO BRIEF FILED.
Paul W. Doerscheln, Jeffrey Rogers, Undray Wilks, McGuire Woods, LLP, Chicago, IL, Lonnie Johnson, Mallor, Clendening, Grodner & Bohrer, Bloomington, IN, attorneys for American Standard, Inc. — NO BRIEF FILED.
Matthew J. Fischer, Schiff, Hardin, LLP, Chicago, IL, attorney for Arkla Industries, Inc. — NO BRIEF FILED.
Michael A. Pollard, Baker & McKenzie, LLP, Chicago, IL, Daniel O'Connell, Jackie Miller, Edward M. Burns, Sean Fergus, O'Connell & Associates, Elgin, IL, attorneys for John Crane, Inc. and Sealing Equipment Products Company — NO BRIEFS FILED.
William Mahoney, Paul E. Wojcicki, Jason L. Kennedy, Jonathan Lively, Edward McCambridge, James Williams, Keith Hays, Allison Scott, Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney, Ltd., Chicago, IL, attorneys for American Water Works Service Company, Inc. and Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC.
Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.
Justice WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:
On January 2, 2004, Howard and Linnie Kathryn Berry filed in the circuit court of Crawford County a complaint against 47 defendants, seeking damages resulting from Howard Berry's exposure to asbestos on various job sites. Howard Berry had been diagnosed with terminal mesothelioma on September 23, 2003, with a life expectancy of between 8 and 18 months.
On January 21, 2004, the plaintiffs' counsel served upon...
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