GREGORY v. BEAZER EAST

No. 1-06-3597.

892 N.E.2d 563 (2008)

Stacey GREGORY, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Larry Gregory, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BEAZER EAST, Bondex International, Exxon Mobil, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and Union Carbide Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. (A.W. Chesterton, BMI, a/k/a Blow Mix, Inc., Brand Insulation, Certainteed Corporation, Chicago Bridge and Iron, Commonwealth Edison, Foseco, Inc., Garlock Sealing Technologies, General Electric, Ingersoll Rand, John Crane, Inc., Lincoln Electric Corporation, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Pittsburgh Metals Purifying, a/k/a Treesdale, Inc., Reynolds Aluminum, Riley Stoker, Ryco, Inc., formerly Ryco Chemical, T.H. Agriculture and Nutrition, U.S. Steel Corporation, U.S.I. Chemical Company, f/k/a Northern Petrochemical, and Westinghouse Electric, Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

July 3, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas J. Vogelzang and Michael W. Rathsack, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Victor P. Henderson and Christopher W. Carmichael, Holland & Knight LLP, Chicago, IL, for Appellee Georgia-Pacific.

H. Patrick Morris and David F. Fanning, Johnson & Bell, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Reagan W. Simpson King & Spaulding LLP, Houston, TX, for Appellee Exxon Mobil.


Presiding Justice FITZGERALD SMITH delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff-appellant Stacey Gregory, individually and as special administrator of the estate of her deceased husband Larry Gregory (plaintiff),1 filed a complaint at law in Illinois sounding in negligence against a multitude of defendants,2 including defendants-appellants Beazer East (Beazer), Bondex International (Bondex), Exxon Mobil (Mobil...

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