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EMPRESS CASINO JOLIET v. W.E. O'NEIL CONST.

Nos. 1-15-1166, 1-15-1184.

68 N.E.3d 856 (2016)

2016 IL App (1st) 151166

EMPRESS CASINO JOLIET CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. W.E. O'NEIL CONSTRUCTION CO., an Illinois Corporation, Linden Group, Inc., an Illinois Corporation, R.L. Millies & Associates, Inc., an Indiana Corporation, Global Fire Protection Company, an Illinois Corporation, Jameson Sheet Metal, Inc., an Illinois Corporation, and Averus, Inc., f/k/a Facilitec Central, Inc., a Wisconsin Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. National Fire and Marine Insurance Company, a Nebraska Corporation, Lloyd's Syndicate 1414 (Ascot), a British Underwriting Syndicate, and Axis Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation, as Subrogees of Empress Casino Joliet Corporation, an Illinois Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. W.E. O'Neil Construction Co., an Illinois Corporation, Linden Group, Inc., an Illinois Corporation, R.L. Millies & Associates, Inc., an Indiana Corporation, Global Fire Protection Company, an Illinois corporation, Jameson Sheet Metal, Inc., an Illinois Corporation, and Averus, Inc., f/k/a Facilitec Central, Inc., a Wisconsin Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied December 21, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Rabinowitz and Kevin P. Caraher , of Cozen O'Connor, PC, and David E. Walker and Douglas Walker , of Walker Wilcox Matousek LLP, both of Chicago, for appellants Empress Casino Joliet Corp., National Fire and Marine Insurance Co., and Lloyd's Syndicate 1414 (Ascot).

Randy Green , of Dugan Brinkmann, Maginnis & Pace, and Thomas A. McDonald , of McDonald Law Firm, both of Chicago, for appellant Axis Insurance Co.

Robert J. Franco and Christopher M. Cano , of Franco & Moroney, LLC, of Chicago, for appellee W.E. O'Neil Construction Co.

Robert Marc Chemers , Richard M. Waris , and Donald Patrick Eckler , of Pretzel & Stouffer, Chtrd., of Chicago, for appellee Jameson Sheet Metal, Inc.

William P. Pistorious and Mark J. Sobczak , of Clausen Miller, of Chicago, for appellee Global Fire Protection Co.

Ryan T. Johnson and Clare J. Quish , of Schuyler, Roche & Crisham, P.C., of Chicago, for appellee Linden Group, Inc.

Dan L. Boho and Steven R. Swofford , both of Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP, of Chicago, for appellee Averus, Inc.

James W. Ozog and David J. O'Connell , of Golberg Segalla LLP, of Chicago, for appellee R.L. Millies & Associates, Inc.

OPINION

¶ 1 This cause of action arises from a fire that occurred during an extensive renovation project, at Empress Casino Joliet (hereinafter the casino) on March 20, 2009. As a result of the fire, the casino, which is

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