BOWLES v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.

Docket No. 4-12-1072.

996 N.E.2d 1267 (2013)

2013 IL App (4th) 121072

375 Ill. Dec. 211

Virginia BOWLES, Individually and as Independent Executrix of the Estate of Jerald Bowles, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., and John Crane, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, and Pneumo Abex Corporation; Pneumo Abex, LLC; Honeywell International, Inc.; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC; Aurora Pump Company; Buffalo Pumps, Inc.; Warren Pumps, Inc.; and Tyco Flow Control Inc., f/k/a Yarway Corporation, Defendants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

October 11, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve Wood and Andrew Kelly (argued), both of Wylder Corwin Kelly LLP, of Bloomington, for appellant.

Robert H. Riley , Matthew J. Fischer (argued), Neil Lloyd , and Stephen Copenhaver , all of Schiff Hardin LLP, of Chicago, for appellee Owens — Illinois, Inc.


OPINION

Justice TURNER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 In October 2009, plaintiff, Virginia Bowles, individually and as independent executrix of the estate of Jerald Bowles, deceased, filed suit against Owens-Illinois, Inc. (Owens-Illinois), John Crane, Inc. (John Crane), and other defendants, seeking damages in connection with decedent's lung cancer allegedly caused by his exposure to asbestos and/or asbestos-containing products...

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