CUSTER v. CERRO FLOW PRODUCTS, INC.

Nos. 5-16-0156 through 5-16-0175, 5-16-0320 cons.

2018 IL App (5th) 160161

MARTHA CUSTER et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CERRO FLOW PRODUCTS, INC.; PHARMACIA CORPORATION, n/k/a Pharmacia LLC; PHARMACIA & UPJOHN COMPANY LLC; SOLUTIA, INC.; MONSANTO COMPANY; PFIZER, INC.; MONSANTO AG PRODUCTS LLC, n/k/a Monsanto Company; and EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY, Defendants (Cerro Flow Products, Inc., Defendant-Appellant; Pharmacia Corporation; Pharmacia & Upjohn Company LLC; Solutia, Inc.; Monsanto Company; Pfizer, Inc.; Monsanto Ag Products LLC; and Eastman Chemical Company, Defendants-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Filed April 18, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. King Poor , Anthony P. Steinike , and Lindsey T. Millman , of Quarles & Brady, LLP, of Chicago, Mark A. Kircher , of Quarles & Brady, LLP, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Thomas R. Ysursa , of Becker, Hoerner, Thompson & Ysursa, P.C., of Belleville, for appellant.

Bruce N. Cook and Bernard J. Ysursa , of Cook, Ysursa, Bartholomew, Brauer & Shevlin, Ltd., and Robert J. Sprague , of Sprague & Urban, both of Belleville, Charles R. Hobbs II , and Patricia L. Silva , of Lathrop & Gage, LLP, of Clayton, Missouri, and Joseph G. Nassif , of Nassif Law Firm, of Creve Coeur, Missouri, for appellees Eastman Chemical Company, Monsanto AG Products LLC, Monsanto Company, Pfizer, Inc., Pharmacia & Upjohn Company LLC, Pharmacia Corporation, and Solutia, Inc.

Clyde L. Kuehn , of Belleville, for Martha Custer et al.

Justices Chapman and Moore concurred in the judgment and opinion.


OPINION

¶ 1 Defendant, Cerro Flow Products, Inc. (Cerro), appeals from orders of the circuit court finding that an aggregate settlement agreement between 11,546 plaintiffs and defendants—Pharmacia Corporation, now known as Pharmacia LLC; Pharmacia & Upjohn...

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