Illinois Mesothelioma Law

<center> <h2> Bruce Betazner and Barbara Betzner v. The Boeing Compnay </h2> </center>

<center> <h1> <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Alfred&l=Morlan,%20Esq.&i=28591&z=74103&s=OK" target="_new">MoreLaw Helps Lawyers Get New Clients</a> </h1></center> After Bruce and Barbara Betzner named Boeing as a defendant in their state court personal injury... More...

$0 (12-17-2018 - IL)

Smith v. Illinois Central R.R. Co

Because of the voluminous nature of the record in this case, we address only the facts necessary to decide this appeal. On July 21, 2005, plaintiff filed his complaint against Pneumo Abex Corporation; Pneumo Abex LLC; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Honeywell International, Inc.; Railroad Friction Products Corporation; and Illinois Central. As of October 2013, the only d... More...

$0 (03-27-2016 - IL)

Folta v. Ferro Engineering

For four years, from 1966 to 1970, James Folta was employed as a shipping clerk and product tester for defendant Ferro Engineering. During that time period, as part of his job duties, he was exposed to products containing asbestos. Forty-one years later, in May 2011, James was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a disease associated with asbestos exposure. One month later, he brought a civil action in t... More...

$0 (12-11-2015 - IL)

Folta v. Ferro Engineering

For four years, from 1966 to 1970, James Folta was employed as a shipping clerk and product tester for defendant Ferro Engineering. During that time period, as part of his job duties, he was exposed to products containing asbestos. Forty-one years later, in May 2011, James was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a disease associated with asbestos exposure. One month later, he brought a civil action in th... More...

$0 (11-04-2015 - IL)

Henry Ruppel v. CBS Corporation

Henry Ruppel filed suit against CBS in Illinois alleging CBSâ€™s predecessor-in-interest, Westinghouse Corporation, caused the mesothelioma from which he currently suffers. Westinghouse had included asbestos in the turbines it supplied to the United States Navy, and Ruppel was allegedly exposed to it during his Naval service and later when he worked on an aircraft carrier as a civilian. CBS r... More...

$0 (12-04-2012 - IL)

Cynthia Simpkins v. CSX Transportation, Inc.

Â¶ 1 Plaintiff, Annette Simpkins, filed a three-count complaint against defendant, CSX Transportation (CSXT), alleging negligence, wanton and willful conduct, and strict liability for her exposure to take-home asbestos on the clothing of her husband, who worked for defendants from 1958 to 1964. Annette Simpkins died of mesothelioma and her daughter, Cynthia Simpkins, was substituted as the plain... More...

$0 (03-22-2012 - IL)

Amy Zickuhr v. Ericsson, Inc.

Â¶ 1 Following a jury trial, the jury awarded Richard Campbell's estate $1.5 million in damages as a result of defendant Ericsson, Inc.'s negligence in causing Richard's mesothelioma death from exposure to defendant's asbestos-containing electrical cables. Ericsson later filed a posttrial motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or, alternatively, for a new trial, which wa... More...

$0 (11-10-2011 - IL)

Charles Gillenwater v. Owens-Illinois, Honeywell International Inc., Pneumo Abex and John Crane Inc.

Charles Gillenwater sued Owens-Illinois, Honeywell International Inc., Pneumo Abex and John Crane Inc. on products liability theories claiming that he was harmed by asbestos manufactured and sold by them. He claimed that defendants engaged in a civil conspiracy to conceal the dangers associated with coming into contact with the mineral in the workplace. Gillenwater was diagnosed as having ... More...

$49600000 (03-19-2011 - IL)

Doris Dukes, Judy Blessing and Ruth Watkins v. UNARCO Industries, Inc.

Doris Dukes, Judy Blessing and Ruth Watkins sued UNARCO Industries, Inc. on products liability theories for the wrongful deaths on their respective husbands who all died from the asbestos cancer mesothelioma. The Plaintiffs' husbands all worked for Union Asbestos & Rubber Company, later known as UNARCO Industries, Inc. in the 1950s and 1960s. Plaintiffs claimed that Defendant's predecessor in inte... More...

$5500000 (11-05-2009 - IL)

Vernon Nelson v. Aurora Equipment Company

Plaintiffs, Vernon Nelson (Vernon) and John Q. Nelson (John), special administrators of the estate of Eva Nelson (Eva), deceased, appeal from an order of the circuit court of Kane County granting summary judgment in favor of defendant, Aurora Equipment Company (Aurora). This is a case of first impression in Illinois in which plaintiffs ask us to extend a duty in a premises liability case to a pers... More...

$0 (05-29-2009 - IL)

Sally Nolan v. Weil-McLain

Plaintiff, Sally Nolan, as executrix of the estate of her late husband, Clarence Nolan (decedent), sought recovery in the circuit court of Vermilion County against defendant, Weil-McLain, for the wrongful death of her husband. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, and a majority of the appellate court affirmed. 365 Ill. App. 3d 963. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the judgment of the ... More...

$0 (04-16-2009 - IL)

Sally Nolan v. Weil-McLain

Plaintiff, Sally Nolan, as executrix of the estate of her late husband, Clarence Nolan (decedent), sought recovery in the circuit court of Vermilion County against defendant, Weil-McLain, for the wrongful death of her husband. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, and a majority of the appellate court affirmed. 365 Ill. App. 3d 963. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the judgment of the ... More...

$0 (04-18-2009 - IL)

Family and Estate of Jean Holmes v. Pneumo Abex LLC and Yoneywell International, Inc.

The Family and Estate of Jean Holmes, age 93, sued Pneumo Abex, LLC and Honeywell International, Inc., corporate successors to the owners of the Union Asbestos and Rubber Company on a products liability theory claiming that she developed mesothelioma in 2006 as a result of being exposed to asbestos when she laundered her husband's clothing that he wore while employed at Defendant's plant in Bloomi... More...

$2600000 (03-05-2009 - IL)

Stacey Gregory, Individually and as Specail Administrator of the Estate of Larry Gregory, Deceased, v. Beazer EAst, Bondex International, Exxon Mobile, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Union Carbide Corporation

Plaintiff-appellant Stacey Gregory, individually and as special administrator of the estate of her deceased husband Larry Gregory (plaintiff),1 filed a complaint at law in Illinois sounding in negligence against a multitude of defendants,2 including defendants-appellants Beazer East (Beazer), Bondex International (Bondex), Exxon Mobil (Mobil), Georgia-Pacific Corporation (Georgia-Pacific) and Unio... More...

$0 (07-18-2008 - IL)

Robert and Judith Blessing v. Honeywell International, et al.

Robert and Judith Blessing sued Honeywell International and other companies on a products liability theory for the mesothelioma developed by Mr. Blessing from exposure to asbestos when he worked for in the 1950s when he worked at the Unarco asbestos plant on Bloomington's west side.... More...

$850000 (11-28-2006 - IL)

Anita O'Connell v. Bondex International and Georgia Pacific

Anita O'Connell, age 84, sued Bondex International and Georgia Pacific on a products liability theory claiming that she was exposed to asbestos fibers manufactured and sold by Defendants that were in her husband's and children's clothing when she washed the clothes. She claimed that she developed mesothelioma as a direct result of being exposed to the asbestos fibers. The defenses ... More...

$0 (03-03-2006 - IL)

Doris Dukes v. Honeywell International, Inc.

Merlon Dukes was exposed to asbestos while he worked at the Bloomington, Illinos Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (later known as Unarco) from 1954-1961. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in January 2004 and died May 20, 2005, at age 69. Plaintiff allegd that Bendix Corporation (which by reason of a succession of mergers is now Honeywell Internetional, Inc.) conspired with Unarco, John... More...

$5175000 (10-28-2005 - IL)

<a href="http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2005/5thDistrict/April/Html/5030737.htm" target="_new">Bonnie Flanders, Individually and as the Special Administrator of the Estate of Thomas Flanders, Deceased, v. California Coastal Communities, Inc., f/k/a Koll Real Estate Group, Inc.</a>

This is a case where a man's estate is seeking damages related to his death. Thomas Flanders died of mesothelioma, most likely due to asbestos exposure. It is alleged that a significant exposure to asbestos occurred when he worked at a Texaco refinery in Lawrenceville, Illinois, where a catalytic cracker unit was allegedly manufactured by M.W. Kellogg Company (M.W. Kellogg) in 1950. Asbestos wa... More...

$0 (04-13-2005 - IL)

Roby Whittington vs. United States Steel

Products liability claim by Roby Whittington, who contracted mesothelioma, a cancer caused by asbestos exposure, as a result of exposure to asbestos while working for United States Steel from 1950 to 1981 at the company's steel mill in Gary, Indiana. Whittington has breathing problems and cannot walk long distances. The disease is invariably fatal.... More...

$250000000 (03-28-2003 - IL)

Doe, et al. v. Honeywell Corporation

Products Liability - Twelve plaintiff who developed mesothelioma, the deadly form of cancer linked to asbestos, sought damages. Each had worked on vehicle brakes made by Bendix Corp., a former Honeywell unit, which they claimed caused the cancer. ... More...

$1 (09-17-2002 - IL)

<a href="http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2001/1stDistrict/June/Html/1001584.htm" target="_new">Florence King, et al. v. Paul J. Krez Company</a>

From approximately 1946 until 1982, the decedent, Robert King, worked for various pipefitting contractors at large construction jobsites in the Chicago area. As a pipefitter, the decedent installed pipe that connected to vessels and heat exchangers. Defendants, Paul J. Krez Company (Krez) and Brand Insulations, Inc. (Brand), were insulation contractors at some of decedent's jobsites. As insulation... More...

$0 (06-22-2001 - IL)