IN RE ESTATE OF COMPTON

Nos. 4-10-1002, 4-10-1003.

965 N.E.2d 436 (2012)

358 Ill. Dec. 365

In re the ESTATE OF Robert COMPTON, Deceased, Margaret Compton, Individually and as Special Administratrix, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pneumo Abex Corporation, Pneumo Abex, LLC, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Honeywell International, Inc., John Crane, Inc., Sprinkmann Sons Corporation of Illinois, and Boston Scientific Corporation, Defendants, and Illinois Central Railroad Company, Defendant-Appellant. James Smith, Dianne Smith, Michael McGowan, and Evelyn McGowan, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Pneumo Abex Corporation, Pneumo Abex, LLC, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Honeywell International, Inc., and Railroad Friction Products Corporation, Defendants, and Illinois Central Railroad Company, Defendant-Appellant, and John Monical, Patricia Monical, and Johnie Brown, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Pneumo Abex Corporation, Pneumo Abex, LLC, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Owens-Illinois, Inc., and Honeywell International, Inc., Defendants, and Illinois Central Railroad Company, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

January 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Peters (argued), Mark R. Kurz , Leslie Boyle Shinners , Boyle Brasher LLC, Belleville, for Illinois Central Railroad Company.

James Wylder (argued), Andrew J. Kelly , Wylder Corwin Kelly, LLP, Bloomington, for Margaret Compton.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 This is an interlocutory appeal pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 308 (eff. Feb. 26, 2010). Defendant, Illinois Central Railroad Company, filed a motion to dismiss the complaint filed by plaintiff, Margaret Compton, individually and as special administratrix of the estate of Robert Compton, and the complaint filed by plaintiffs, John Monical, Patricia Monical, and...

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