ESTATE OF HOLMES v. PNEUMO ABEX, L.L.C.

No. 4-10-0462.

955 N.E.2d 1173 (2011)

353 Ill. Dec. 362

In re the ESTATE OF Jean HOLMES, Deceased, Roger Holmes, Special Administrator, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PNEUMO ABEX, L.L.C., Sued as Its Predecessor Pneumo Abex Corporation; and Honeywell International, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

June 22, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reagan W. Simpson (argued), King & Spalding LLP, Austin, TX, Amy Eikel , King & Spalding, Houston, TX, Robert W. Scott , Swain, Hartshorn & Scott, Karen L. Kendall , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, Raymond H. Modesitt , Wilkinson, Goeller, Modesitt, Wilkinson & Drummy, Terre Haute, for Pneumo Abex L.L.C.

Craig H. Zimmerman , Colleen E. Baime , Michael W. Weaver , Steven Hoeft (argued), McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, Dennis J. Dobbels , Polsinelli, Shalton, Welte & Suelthaus, P.C., Edwardsville, Nicole C. Behnen , Polsinelli, Shalton, Welte, & Suelthaus, P.C., St. Louis, MO, for Honeywell International, Inc.

James Wylder (argued), Wylder Corwin Kelly LLP, Bloomington, for Roger Holmes.


OPINION

Justice TURNER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 In May 2006, plaintiff, Roger Holmes, as special administrator of the estate of Jean Holmes, deceased, sued defendants, Pneumo Abex, L.L.C. (Abex), Honeywell International, Inc. (Honeywell), and others to recover damages for wrongful death. In March 2009, a jury found for plaintiff and assessed damages against defendants. In May 2009, defendants filed posttrial motions, which...

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