GILES v. CHICAGO DRUM, INC.

Nos. 08 C 4654, 08 C 4657, 08 C 4660.

631 F.Supp.2d 981 (2009)

Bobby GILES, individually, and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Jannie Giles, Deceased, Plaintiffs, v. CHICAGO DRUM, INC., et al., Defendants. Ronald Jones Jr., Special Administrator for the Estate of Kejuan Dickens, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Chicago Drum, Inc., et al., Defendants. Mary E. Tuff, as Special Administrator for the Estate of Douglas Tuff, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Chicago Drum, Inc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

April 22, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Allen Knobloch, Eric Scott Havens, Fraterrigo, Beranek, Feiereisel & Kasbohm, Louis C. Cairo, Goldberg Weisman Cairo, Chicago, IL, for Bobby Giles.

Catherine Jeanne Osuilleabhain, Douglas Bennett Sanders, J. Patrick Herald, Jessica Mitchell Wicha, Michael Colin McCutcheon, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago, IL, for Chicago Drum, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

REBECCA R. PALLMEYER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in these cases are 77 Illinois residents who lived or worked near the Acme Barrel Drum Reconditioning Facility on Chicago's near west side. Acme Barrel was engaged in the business of cleaning and reconditioning used industrial containers that had contained hazardous or toxic chemicals or waste products. The cleaning process involved incineration or flushing with a caustic...

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