GILLENWATER v. HONEYWELL INTERN., INC.

Docket No. 4-12-0929.

996 N.E.2d 1179 (2013)

2013 IL App (4th) 120929

375 Ill. Dec. 123

Charles GILLENWATER and Donita Gillenwater, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.; Pneumo Abex, LLC; and Owens-Illinois, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, and John Crane, Inc., Defendant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

September 18, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Wylder and Andrew J. Kelly , both of Wylder Corwin Kelly LLP, of Bloomington, and J. Timothy Eaton (argued) and Patricia S. Spratt , both of Shefsky & Froelich, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellants.

Craig H. Zimmerman , Steven H. Hoeft , Colleen E. Baime (argued), and Michael W. Weaver , all of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, of Chicago, and Luke J. Mangan , of Polsinelli Shughart, P.C., of St. Louis, Missouri, for appellee Honeywell International, Inc.

Robert H. Riley , Matthew J. Fischer (argued), Neil Lloyd , and Joshua D. Lee , all of Schiff Hardin LLP, of Chicago, for appellee Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Craig L. Unrath , of Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, and Robert W. Scott , of Swain, Hartshorn & Scott, both of Peoria, and Reagan W. Simpson (argued), of Yetter Coleman LLP, of Austin, Texas, and Amy Eikel , of King & Spalding, of Houston, Texas, for appellee Pneumo Abex, LLC.


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

OPINION

¶ 1 One of the plaintiffs in this case, Charles Gillenwater, suffers from mesothelioma, which he contracted by inhaling airborne fibers from an asbestos-containing product. He brought this personal-injury action against defendants, Honeywell International, Inc. (Honeywell); Owens-Illinois, Inc. (Owens-Illinois); and Pneumo Abex,...

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