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  1. Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · March 18, 1993 · in the opinion

    Campbell v. AC Equipment Services Corporation, Inc. (1993)

    …TGM, alleged they were employed by TGM to perform work for A.C. Equipment and Springfield's City Water, Light and Power Division at an electricity generating station known as Lakeside Two. A.C. Equipment, a…

  2. Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · June 17, 1999

    Burgess v. Abex Corp. (1999)

    …and judgment for plaintiffs (the Burgess estate and Francis Burgess) against Abex Corporation and Pittsburgh Corning Corporation on a civil conspiracy theory. A defendant who understands the general objectives of a conspiracy to conceal asbestos hazards…

  3. Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · February 27, 1992 · in the opinion

    Betts v. Manville Personal Injury Trust (1992)

    …that would include fibrosis of the lungs. Plaintiffs do not contend the answers to the special interrogatories are inconsistent with the general verdicts as to Deitz and Lehr. The language employed is not ambiguous or confusing…

  4. Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 13, 1993 · in the opinion

    Kurrack v. American Dist. Telegraph Co. (1993)

    …asbestos paper was, in fact, the relevant product. Furthermore, as plaintiff correctly notes, interrogatories are properly given when they can serve as a check on the general verdict. (Saldana v. Wirtz Cartage Co. (1977), 55 Ill…

  5. Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · May 9, 1991 · in the opinion

    Wehmeier v. Unr Industries, Inc. (1991)

    …OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Solomon stated it was his general impression that the level of asbestos used at UNARCO's Bloomington plant was not safe. Solomon stated he never saw chrysotile asbestos ground…

  6. Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 14, 1997 · in the opinion

    Van Winkle v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1997)

    …the general rule is that the trial court has a duty to provide instruction to the jury where it has posed an explicit question or requested clarification on a point of law arising from facts about…

  7. Court case · U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois · October 26, 1993 · in the opinion

    State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. WR Grace & Co. (1993)

    …the design and construction of improvements to real property ... so that they and their [\1059] families are not liable all their lives and beyond lives and into the graves. Eighty-First Illinois General Assembly, House Proceedings…

  8. Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · November 4, 1994 · in the opinion

    US Gypsum Co. v. Admiral Ins. Co. (1994)

    …coverage action when that proof has not yet been established in the underlying action. Courts have addressed these competing concerns by crafting the general rule that if an insured settles an underlying claim prior to verdict…

  9. Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 11, 1998 · in the opinion

    McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)

    …even though both individuals deny it. In any event, plaintiffs do not rely solely upon parallel action to prove their cases. A defendant who understands the general objectives of the conspiratorial scheme, accepts them, and agrees…

  10. Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · November 18, 1994 · in the opinion

    Keystone Steel and Wire Co. v. Costa (1994)

    …689, 485 N.E.2d 500.) In general, a new trial on the question of damages only is appropriately granted where (1) the jury's verdict on the question of liability is amply supported by the…

  11. Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · October 21, 1999 · in the opinion

    McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1999)

    …could look beyond these problems, I still would not agree with the majority's decision. A defendant is liable as a conspirator where he understands the general objectives of the conspiratorial scheme, accepts them, and agrees…

  12. Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · July 30, 1993 · in the opinion

    Adcock v. Brakegate, Ltd. (1993)

    …under Illinois common law. However, Fahner does not represent that conclusion because it involved a statutory enforcement action brought by the Illinois Attorney General pursuant to the Illinois Antitrust Act (Ill.Rev.Stat.1975, ch. 38…

  13. Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 12, 1996 · in the opinion

    Nelson v. Keene Corp. (1996)

    …pleadings shall be according to the rules." 735 ILCS 5/2-201(a) (West 1994). General jurisdiction is invoked in the trial court when an action is filed and a summons is issued and served upon…

  14. Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · December 27, 1995 · in the opinion

    Hefner v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1995)

    …suit was filed. While the county where the injury occurred generally has a strong interest in the outcome of litigation, this general rule does not necessarily apply to cases involving complex products liability issues. (See Mowen…

  15. Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · June 14, 1990 · in the opinion

    Owens Corning Fiberglas v. Ind. Comm'n (1990)

    …(See A.O. Smith Corp., 109 Ill.2d 52, 485 N.E.2d 335; General American Life Insurance Co. v. Industrial Comm'n (1983), 97 Ill.2d 359, 454 N.E.2d 643.) That the claimant…

  16. Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · June 14, 1994 · in the opinion

    Kieffer and Co., Inc. v. Industrial Com'n (1994)

    …lung condition represented a right chest mesothelioma with possible branchioplexopathy. Dr. Dosh sent decedent to Dr. Curtis Marder for a second opinion about an open pleural biopsy at Marquette General Hospital (MGH). Dr. Marder wanted Dr…

  17. Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · November 18, 1994 · in the opinion

    Costa v. Dresser Industries, Inc. (1994)

    …246 N.E.2d 269.) The general rule as to statements made by counsel in opening statement that certain evidence will be introduced is that such statements are not improper if made in good faith and…

  18. Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · November 23, 1994 · in the opinion

    Adcock v. Brakegate, Ltd. (1994)

    …the theory of civil conspiracy. (Restatement (Second) of Torts § 876, Comment c on Clause (a) (1977).) A defendant who understands the general objectives of the conspiratorial scheme, accepts them, and agrees, either explicitly or implicitly to…

  19. Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · May 9, 1991 · in the opinion

    Thacker v. Unr Industries, Inc. (1991)

    …In a comprehensive opinion, this court discussed and applied a combination of the general substantial-factor test of causation and the "frequency, regularity and proximity test" and the "fiber-drift" theory which involved causation of asbestos…

  20. Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · September 21, 1992 · in the opinion

    Thacker v. Unr Industries, Inc. (1992)

    …44 Ill.2d at 405, 256 N.E.2d 6. As is the general rule in civil cases, the plaintiff has the burden of producing evidence sufficient to establish each element of his or her claim.