2018 IL App (1st) 173051
SIXTH DIVISION Opinion filed: May 18, 2018
No. 1-17-3051 ______________________________________________________________________________
IN THE
APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS
FIRST DISTRICT
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ARLIN CAMPBELL, Deceased, By and Through His ) Appeal from the Special Administrator, Anissa Campbell Ivey, ) Circuit Court of ) Cook County Plaintiff-Appellee, ) ) v. ) No. 17 L 4548 ) ACME INSULATIONS, INC.; ACTION ) INSULATING SERVICES, INC.; AJAX ELECTRIC ) COMPANY; AJAX MAGNETHERMIC ) CORPORATION; ALLEGHENY ) INTERNATIONAL, INC., f/k/a Allegheny Steel ) Company; ALLEGHENY STEEL COMPANY; ) ALLIED INSULATION SUPPLY CO., INC.; ) ALLOYED INSULATION COMPANY, INC.; ) ARVINMERITOR, INC.; ARCTIC INSULATION, ) INC.; A.W. CHESTERTON COMPANY; BRAND ) INSULATIONS, INC.; BORG-WARNER ) CORPORATION, by its successor-in-interest Borg­ ) Warner Morse TEC, Inc.; CARBOLINE COMPANY; ) CARDINAL INDUSTRIAL INSULATION CO., ) INC.; CARLISLE INSULATION, INC.; ) CATERPILLAR, INC.; CBS CORPORATION, f/k/a ) Viacom, Inc., merger to CBS Corporation, f/k/a ) Westinghouse Electric Corp.; CERTAIN-TEED ) CORPORATION; COLFAX CORPORATION, a ) Virginia Corporation, a/k/a Warner Electric, a/k/a ) Boston Gear, a/k/a Delroyd Worm Gear Formsprag ) Clutch, a/k/a Stieber Clutch, a/k/a Ameridrives ) Couplings, a/k/a Wichita Clutch, a/k/a Nuttall Gear, ) a/k/a Industrial Clutch, a/k/a Marland Clutch; ) No. 1-17-3051
CONTINENTAL TEVES, INC.; CROWN, CORK ) AND SEAL COMPANY, INC.; CSR, LTD, a/k/a ) CONSOLIDATED SUGAR AND REFINING; THE ) DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY; FERRO ) CORPORATION; FERRO INDUSTRIES; FOSECO, ) INC.; GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; ) GENERAL GASKET CORPORATION; GEORGIA- ) PACIFIC, LLC; GRINNELL, LLC; HENNESSY ) INDUSTRIES, INC.; HONEYWELL ) INTERNATIONAL, INC.; IOWA ILLINOIS ) TAYLOR INSULATION CONTRACTING, INC.; ) JOHN CRANE, INC.; THE J.R. CLARKSON ) COMPANY, successor to the Kunkle Valve Company, ) and successor to J.E. Lonergan Company; L & S ) INSULATION CO., INC.; LATROBE SPECIALTY ) STEEL COMPANY; LEAR-SIEGLER DIVERSIFIED ) HOLDINGS CORP.; LENNOX INDUSTRIES, INC., ) f/k/a Lennox Furnace Company; LUSE-STEVENSON ) CO.; M&O INSULATION COMPANY; ) MAREMONT CORPORATION; METROPOLITAN ) LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; MIDLAND ) ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.; MINE SAFETY ) APPLIANCES COMPANY; MORTON ) INTERNATIONAL, INC., as successor-in-interest to ) Morton Thiokol, Inc., as successor-in-interest to ) Thiokol Corporation; NATIONAL SERVICE ) INDUSTRIES, INC. (Delaware), f/k/a North Brothers, ) National Service Industries, f/k/a North Brothers; ) NELSON INSULATION COMPANY; ON MARINE ) SERVICES COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, and ) a wholly owned subsidiary of Oglebay Norton ) Company, an Ohio Corporation; OWENS-ILLINOIS, ) INC.; PAUL J. KREZ COMPANY; SPRINKMANN ) SONS CORPORATION; PNUEMO ABEX ) CORPORATION; REPUBLIC STEEL; RILEY ) POWER, INC., f/k/a Riley Stoker Corporation, and ) Taylor Insulation Company; TELEDYNE MID- ) AMERICAN CORPORATION, a/k/a Teledyne-Vasco, ) f/k/a Vasco Steel; TRIANGLE ENTERPRISES, INC., ) a/k/a Triangle Insulation Company; UNION ) CARBIDE CORPORATION; UNION ELECTRIC ) STEEL CORPORATION; UNIVERSAL STAINLESS ) & ALLOY PRODUCTS, INC., f/k/a Cytemp Steel; ) WASHINGTON STEEL CORPORATION; WILKIN ) INSULATION CO.; WTI RUST HOLDINGS, INC.; ) and YOUNG INSULATION GROUP OF ST. LOUIS, )
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INC., ) ) Defendants, ) Honorable ) Clare Elizabeth McWilliams, (General Electric Company, Defendant-Appellant). ) Judge, Presiding. ______________________________________________________________________________
PRESIDING JUSTICE HOFFMAN