MENSSEN v. PNEUMO ABEX CORP.

Nos. 4-10-0904, 4-10-0921.

975 N.E.2d 345 (2012)

363 Ill. Dec. 543

Jayne MENSSEN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PNEUMO ABEX CORPORATION, Pneumo Abex, LLC, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Owens-Illinois, Inc., and Honeywell International, Inc., Defendants-Appellants. Jayne Menssen, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Honeywell International, Inc., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

August 31, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reagan W. Simpson , King & Spalding LLP, Austin, TX, Amy Eikel , King & Spalding, Houston, TX, Robert W. Scott , Swain, Hartshorn & Scott, Peoria, IL, Karen L. Kendall , Craig L. Unrath , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL, Craig H. Zimmerman , Colleen E. Baime , and Michael W. Weaver , McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, IL, Dennis J. Dobbels , Polsinelli, Shalton, Welte & Suelthaus, P.C., Edwardsville, and Nicole C. Behnen and Luke J. Mangan , Polsinelli, Shalton, Welte, Suelthaus, P.C., St. Louis, MO, for appellants.

Lisa Corwin , James Wylder (argued), Wylder Corwin Kelly LLP, Bloomington, for appellee.


OPINION

Justice STEIGMANN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

¶ 1 In March 2009, plaintiff, Jayne Menssen, sued defendants, Pneumo Abex, LLC, the successor of Pneumo Abex Corporation (Abex), and Honeywell International, Inc. (Honeywell), the successor of the Bendix Corporation (Bendix), among others, to recover damages for a malignancy caused by exposure to asbestos that occurred while Menssen was employed at the Union Asbestos and Rubber...

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