LINDER v. A.W. CHESTERTON CO.

No. 5-20-0101.

171 N.E.3d 930 (2020)

2020 IL App (5th) 200101

Joel LINDER and Linda Linder, Individually and as Co-Special Administrators of the Estate of Robert H. Linder IV, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. A.W. CHESTERTON COMPANY; Beazer East, Inc., Individually and as Successor to Koppers Company, Inc., and Successor-in-Interest to Theim Corporation and Universal Re-Fractories Company; BorgWarner Morse TEC LLC, as Successor-by-Merger to Borg-Warner Corporation; Brake Supply Company, Inc.; Caterpillar, Inc.; Caterpillar Global Mining America, LLC, Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to Bucyrus America, Inc.; Centrifugal Services, LLC, f/k/a Centrifigal Services, Inc.; Ceramic Technology, Inc.; Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company, LLC; Crane Co.; Ford Motor Company; Gardner Denver, Inc.; Genuine Parts Company; Giw Industries, Inc.; Goodrich Corporation f/k/a The BF Goodrich Company; THE Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; Gorman Rupp Company; GSI Diversified, Inc., Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to A-L-M, Inc.; Honeywell International, Inc., Individually and as Successor to Allied-Signal, Inc. and The Bendix Corporation; Ingersoll-Rand Company; ITT Corporation, Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to Fabri-Valve; John Crane, Inc.; John Fabick Tractor Company; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Pneumo Abex LLC, Individually and as Successor-by-Merger to Pneumo Abex Corporation, Successor-in-Interest to Abex Corporation, f/k/a American Brake Shoe Company, f/k/a American Brake Shoe and Foundry Company Including the American Brakeblok Division, Successor-by-Merger to the American Brakeshoe & Foundry Company and the American Brakeblok Corporation, f/k/a the American Brake Materials Corporation; Riley Power, Inc.; and Union Carbide Corporation, Defendants (GIW Industries, Inc., Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Filed August 24, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Steffan , of Maune, Raichle, Hartley, French & Mudd, LLC, of St. Louis, Missouri, for appellants.

Paul B. O'Flaherty Jr. , of Gunty & McCarthy, of Chicago, for appellee.


OPINION

¶ 1 The plaintiffs, Joel Linder and Linda Linder, individually and as co-special administrators of the estate of Robert H. Linder IV, deceased, appeal, pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 307(a)(1) (eff. Nov. 1, 2017), the March 10, 2020, order of the circuit...

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