Digitally signed by Reporter of Decisions Reason: I attest to the Illinois Official Reports accuracy and integrity of this document Appellate Court Date: 2018.07.25 10:02:30 -05'00'
Campbell v. Acme Insulations, Inc., 2018 IL App (1st) 173051
Appellate Court ARLIN CAMPBELL, Deceased, By and Through His Special Caption Administrator, Anissa Campbell Ivey, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 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 COMPANY, 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 COMPANY, INC.; CARLISLE INSULATION, INC.; CATERPILLAR, INC.; CBS CORPORATION, f/k/a Viacom, Inc., Merger to CBS Corporation, f/k/a Westinghouse Electric Corporation; 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; 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 COMPANY, INC.; LATROBE SPECIALTY STEEL COMPANY; LEAR-SIEGLER DIVERSIFIED HOLDINGS CORPORATION; LENNOX INDUSTRIES, INC., f/k/a Lennox Furnace Company; LUSE-STEVENSON COMPANY; 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; PNEUMO 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 COMPANY; WTI RUST HOLDINGS, INC.; and YOUNG INSULATION GROUP OF ST. LOUIS, INC., Defendants (General Electric Company, Defendant-Appellant).
District & No. First District, Sixth Division Docket No. 1-17-3051
Filed May 18, 2018
Decision Under Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County, No. 17-L-4548; the Review Hon. Clare Elizabeth McWilliams, Judge, presiding.
Judgment Reversed and remanded with directions.
Counsel on Timothy E. Kapshandy, John A. Heller, and Peter N. Salib, of Sidley Appeal Austin LLP, of Chicago, for appellant.
Laci M. Whitley and Tyler B. Wilke, of Flint Law Firm, LLC, of Edwardsville, for appellee.
Panel PRESIDING JUSTICE HOFFMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Connors and Delort concurred in the judgment