HORRIE v. A.W. CHESTERTON COMPANY

Case No. 13 C 8161.

TRACY EARL HORRIE, JR. and JUDY HORRIE, Plaintiffs, v. A.W. CHESTERTON COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

May 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tracy E Horrie, Jr., Plaintiff, represented by William Robert Fahey , Cooney & Conway, Charles A. Porretta , Cooney & Conway, Katharine Crane Byrne , Cooney & Conway & Robert John Cooney, Jr. , Cooney & Conway.

Crane Co., Defendant, represented by Catherine Lynn Carlson , Gunty and McCarthy, James Paul Kasper , Gunty & McCarthy Law Offices & Dawn Michele Beery , K&L Gates LLP.

H.B. Fuller Company, Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C., Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen & Maura Yusof , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Union Carbide Corporation, Individually and f/k/a Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Co., Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C., Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen & Maura Yusof , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Certainteed Corporation, Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C., Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen & Maura Yusof , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

John Crane, Inc. f/k/a Crane Packing Company, Defendant, represented by Caroline Linder Olson , O'Connell, Tivin, Miller & Burns, LLC & Sean Patrick Fergus , O'Connell, Tivin, Miller & Burn LLC.

DAP, Inc., Defendant, represented by Anna Gonis O'Connor , Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney.

Ingersoll-Rand Company, Defendant, represented by Michael Thomas Antikainen , HeplerBroom, LLC & Scott H. Koontz , HeplerBroom LLC.

Gardner Denver, Inc., Defendant, represented by Anna Gonis O'Connor , Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney.

Joy Technologies, Inc., Defendant, represented by Anna Gonis O'Connor , Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney.

IMO Industries, Inc., Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C., Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen & Maura Yusof , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

BW/IP, Inc. and its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, Defendant, represented by Emily C Zapotocny , Segal Mccambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd..

Air & Liquid Systems, Inc., Successor by Merger to Buffalo Pumps, Inc., Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C., Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen & Maura Yusof , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

ITT Industries, Inc., Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to Bell & Gossett Pump Co., Defendant, represented by Jeffrey E. Rogers , McGuireWoods LLP & Undray Wilks , McGuire Woods LLP.

Aurora Pump Company, Defendant, represented by Daniel Michael Finer , Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd.

Armstrong International, Inc., Defendant, represented by Jacob D. Sawyer , Foley & Mansfield, Pllp.

CBS Corporation, a Delaware Corporation f/k/a Viacom INc., Successor by Merger to CBS Corporation, a Pennsylvania Corporation f/k/a Westinghouse Electrict, Defendant, represented by Jacob D. Sawyer , Foley & Mansfield, Pllp.

Anderson, Greenwood & Co., Defendant, represented by Julia Yasmin Tayyab , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

Grinnell LLC, Defendant, represented by Julia Yasmin Tayyab , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

Henry Pratt Company, Defendant, represented by Julia Yasmin Tayyab , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Defendant, represented by Daniel Michael Finer , Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd.

Riley Power, Inc., f/k/a Riley Stoker Corporation, Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C., Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen & Maura Yusof , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Trane U.S. Inc., Defendant, represented by Michael Thomas Antikainen , HeplerBroom, LLC & Scott H. Koontz , HeplerBroom LLC.

Borg-Warner Corporation, Defendant, represented by Bradley Charles Nahrstadt , Lipe Lyons Murphy Nahrstadt & Pontikis, Ltd. & James Hjalmar Whalen , Lipe Lyons Murphy Nahrstadt & Pontikis Ltd..

Inc Caterpillar, Defendant, represented by Jennifer L Dickerson , Williams Venker & Sanders LLC.

Texaco, Inc., Defendant, represented by Michael T. Trucco , Stamos & Trucco LLP & Gregory T. Goldberg , Stamos & Trucco LLP.

DAP, Inc., Cross Claimant, represented by Anna Gonis O'Connor , Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney.

DAP, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Anna Gonis O'Connor , Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney.

Air & Liquid Systems, Inc., Successor by Merger to Buffalo Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Anderson, Greenwood & Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Julia Yasmin Tayyab , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

Armstrong International, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Jacob D. Sawyer , Foley & Mansfield, Pllp.

Aurora Pump Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Daniel Michael Finer , Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd.

BW/IP, Inc. and its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, Cross Defendant, represented by Emily C Zapotocny , Segal Mccambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd..

Borg-Warner Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Bradley Charles Nahrstadt , Lipe Lyons Murphy Nahrstadt & Pontikis, Ltd. & James Hjalmar Whalen , Lipe Lyons Murphy Nahrstadt & Pontikis Ltd..

CBS Corporation, a Delaware Corporation f/k/a Viacom INc., Successor by Merger to CBS Corporation, a Pennsylvania Corporation f/k/a Westinghouse Electrict, Cross Defendant, represented by Jacob D. Sawyer , Foley & Mansfield, Pllp.

Inc Caterpillar, Cross Defendant, represented by Jennifer L Dickerson , Williams Venker & Sanders LLC.

Certainteed Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Catherine Lynn Carlson , Gunty and McCarthy, James Paul Kasper , Gunty & McCarthy Law Offices & Dawn Michele Beery , K&L Gates LLP.

Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Daniel Michael Finer , Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd.

Grinnell LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Julia Yasmin Tayyab , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

H.B. Fuller Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Henry Pratt Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Julia Yasmin Tayyab , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

IMO Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

ITT Industries, Inc., Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to Bell & Gossett Pump Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Jeffrey E. Rogers , McGuireWoods LLP & Undray Wilks , McGuire Woods LLP.

Ingersoll-Rand Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Michael Thomas Antikainen , HeplerBroom, LLC & Scott H. Koontz , HeplerBroom LLC.

John Crane, Inc. f/k/a Crane Packing Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Sean Patrick Fergus , O'Connell, Tivin, Miller & Burn LLC.

Riley Power, Inc., f/k/a Riley Stoker Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Texaco, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Michael T. Trucco , Stamos & Trucco LLP & Gregory T. Goldberg , Stamos & Trucco LLP.

Trane U.S. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Michael Thomas Antikainen , HeplerBroom, LLC & Scott H. Koontz , HeplerBroom LLC.

Union Carbide Corporation, Individually and f/k/a Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Gardner Denver, Inc., Cross Claimant, represented by Anna Gonis O'Connor , Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney.

Gardner Denver, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Anna Gonis O'Connor , Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney.

Air & Liquid Systems, Inc., Successor by Merger to Buffalo Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Anderson, Greenwood & Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Julia Yasmin Tayyab , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

Armstrong International, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Jacob D. Sawyer , Foley & Mansfield, Pllp.

Aurora Pump Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Daniel Michael Finer , Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd.

BW/IP, Inc. and its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, Cross Defendant, represented by Emily C Zapotocny , Segal Mccambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd..

Borg-Warner Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Bradley Charles Nahrstadt , Lipe Lyons Murphy Nahrstadt & Pontikis, Ltd. & James Hjalmar Whalen , Lipe Lyons Murphy Nahrstadt & Pontikis Ltd..

CBS Corporation, a Delaware Corporation f/k/a Viacom INc., Successor by Merger to CBS Corporation, a Pennsylvania Corporation f/k/a Westinghouse Electrict, Cross Defendant, represented by Jacob D. Sawyer , Foley & Mansfield, Pllp.

Inc Caterpillar, Cross Defendant, represented by Jennifer L Dickerson , Williams Venker & Sanders LLC.

Certainteed Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Catherine Lynn Carlson , Gunty and McCarthy, James Paul Kasper , Gunty & McCarthy Law Offices & Dawn Michele Beery , K&L Gates LLP.

DAP, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Anna Gonis O'Connor , Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney.

Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Daniel Michael Finer , Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd.

Grinnell LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Julia Yasmin Tayyab , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

H.B. Fuller Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Henry Pratt Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Julia Yasmin Tayyab , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

IMO Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

ITT Industries, Inc., Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to Bell & Gossett Pump Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Jeffrey E. Rogers , McGuireWoods LLP & Undray Wilks , McGuire Woods LLP.

Ingersoll-Rand Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Michael Thomas Antikainen , HeplerBroom, LLC & Scott H. Koontz , HeplerBroom LLC.

John Crane, Inc. f/k/a Crane Packing Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Sean Patrick Fergus , O'Connell, Tivin, Miller & Burn LLC.

Riley Power, Inc., f/k/a Riley Stoker Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Texaco, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Michael T. Trucco , Stamos & Trucco LLP & Gregory T. Goldberg , Stamos & Trucco LLP.

Trane U.S. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Michael Thomas Antikainen , HeplerBroom, LLC & Scott H. Koontz , HeplerBroom LLC.

Union Carbide Corporation, Individually and f/k/a Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Joy Technologies, Inc., Cross Claimant, represented by Anna Gonis O'Connor , Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney.

Joy Technologies, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Anna Gonis O'Connor , Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney.

Air & Liquid Systems, Inc., Successor by Merger to Buffalo Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Anderson, Greenwood & Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Julia Yasmin Tayyab , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

Armstrong International, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Jacob D. Sawyer , Foley & Mansfield, Pllp.

Aurora Pump Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Daniel Michael Finer , Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd.

BW/IP, Inc. and its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, Cross Defendant, represented by Emily C Zapotocny , Segal Mccambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd..

Borg-Warner Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Bradley Charles Nahrstadt , Lipe Lyons Murphy Nahrstadt & Pontikis, Ltd. & James Hjalmar Whalen , Lipe Lyons Murphy Nahrstadt & Pontikis Ltd..

CBS Corporation, a Delaware Corporation f/k/a Viacom INc., Successor by Merger to CBS Corporation, a Pennsylvania Corporation f/k/a Westinghouse Electrict, Cross Defendant, represented by Jacob D. Sawyer , Foley & Mansfield, Pllp.

Inc Caterpillar, Cross Defendant, represented by Jennifer L Dickerson , Williams Venker & Sanders LLC.

Certainteed Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Catherine Lynn Carlson , Gunty and McCarthy, James Paul Kasper , Gunty & McCarthy Law Offices & Dawn Michele Beery , K&L Gates LLP.

DAP, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Anna Gonis O'Connor , Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney.

Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Daniel Michael Finer , Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd.

Gardner Denver, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Anna Gonis O'Connor , Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney.

Grinnell LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Julia Yasmin Tayyab , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

H.B. Fuller Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Henry Pratt Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Julia Yasmin Tayyab , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

IMO Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

ITT Industries, Inc., Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to Bell & Gossett Pump Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Jeffrey E. Rogers , McGuireWoods LLP & Undray Wilks , McGuire Woods LLP.

Ingersoll-Rand Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Michael Thomas Antikainen , HeplerBroom, LLC & Scott H. Koontz , HeplerBroom LLC.

John Crane, Inc. f/k/a Crane Packing Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Sean Patrick Fergus , O'Connell, Tivin, Miller & Burn LLC.

Riley Power, Inc., f/k/a Riley Stoker Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Texaco, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Michael T. Trucco , Stamos & Trucco LLP & Gregory T. Goldberg , Stamos & Trucco LLP.

Trane U.S. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Michael Thomas Antikainen , HeplerBroom, LLC & Scott H. Koontz , HeplerBroom LLC.

Union Carbide Corporation, Individually and f/k/a Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Texaco, Inc., Cross Claimant, represented by Michael T. Trucco , Stamos & Trucco LLP & Gregory T. Goldberg , Stamos & Trucco LLP.

Air & Liquid Systems, Inc., Successor by Merger to Buffalo Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Anderson, Greenwood & Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Julia Yasmin Tayyab , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

Armstrong International, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Jacob D. Sawyer , Foley & Mansfield, Pllp.

Aurora Pump Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Daniel Michael Finer , Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd.

BW/IP, Inc. and its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, Cross Defendant, represented by Emily C Zapotocny , Segal Mccambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd..

Borg-Warner Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Bradley Charles Nahrstadt , Lipe Lyons Murphy Nahrstadt & Pontikis, Ltd. & James Hjalmar Whalen , Lipe Lyons Murphy Nahrstadt & Pontikis Ltd..

CBS Corporation, a Delaware Corporation f/k/a Viacom INc., Successor by Merger to CBS Corporation, a Pennsylvania Corporation f/k/a Westinghouse Electrict, Cross Defendant, represented by Jacob D. Sawyer , Foley & Mansfield, Pllp.

Inc Caterpillar, Cross Defendant, represented by Jennifer L Dickerson , Williams Venker & Sanders LLC.

Certainteed Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Catherine Lynn Carlson , Gunty and McCarthy, James Paul Kasper , Gunty & McCarthy Law Offices & Dawn Michele Beery , K&L Gates LLP.

DAP, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Anna Gonis O'Connor , Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney.

Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Daniel Michael Finer , Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd.

Gardner Denver, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Anna Gonis O'Connor , Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney.

Grinnell LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Julia Yasmin Tayyab , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

H.B. Fuller Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Henry Pratt Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Julia Yasmin Tayyab , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

IMO Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

ITT Industries, Inc., Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to Bell & Gossett Pump Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Jeffrey E. Rogers , McGuireWoods LLP & Undray Wilks , McGuire Woods LLP.

Ingersoll-Rand Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Michael Thomas Antikainen , HeplerBroom, LLC & Scott H. Koontz , HeplerBroom LLC.

John Crane, Inc. f/k/a Crane Packing Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Sean Patrick Fergus , O'Connell, Tivin, Miller & Burn LLC.

Joy Technologies, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Anna Gonis O'Connor , Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney.

Riley Power, Inc., f/k/a Riley Stoker Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Trane U.S. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Michael Thomas Antikainen , HeplerBroom, LLC & Scott H. Koontz , HeplerBroom LLC.

Union Carbide Corporation, Individually and f/k/a Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C. & Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

John Crane, Inc. f/k/a Crane Packing Company, Cross Claimant, represented by Sean Patrick Fergus , O'Connell, Tivin, Miller & Burn LLC.

Air & Liquid Systems, Inc., Successor by Merger to Buffalo Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C., Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen & Maura Yusof , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Anderson, Greenwood & Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Julia Yasmin Tayyab , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

Armstrong International, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Jacob D. Sawyer , Foley & Mansfield, Pllp.

Aurora Pump Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Daniel Michael Finer , Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd.

BW/IP, Inc. and its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, Cross Defendant, represented by Emily C Zapotocny , Segal Mccambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd..

Borg-Warner Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Bradley Charles Nahrstadt , Lipe Lyons Murphy Nahrstadt & Pontikis, Ltd. & James Hjalmar Whalen , Lipe Lyons Murphy Nahrstadt & Pontikis Ltd..

CBS Corporation, a Delaware Corporation f/k/a Viacom INc., Successor by Merger to CBS Corporation, a Pennsylvania Corporation f/k/a Westinghouse Electrict, Cross Defendant, represented by Jacob D. Sawyer , Foley & Mansfield, Pllp.

Inc Caterpillar, Cross Defendant, represented by Jennifer L Dickerson , Williams Venker & Sanders LLC.

Certainteed Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C., Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen & Maura Yusof , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Catherine Lynn Carlson , Gunty and McCarthy, James Paul Kasper , Gunty & McCarthy Law Offices & Dawn Michele Beery , K&L Gates LLP.

DAP, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Anna Gonis O'Connor , Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney.

Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Daniel Michael Finer , Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd.

Gardner Denver, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Anna Gonis O'Connor , Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney.

Grinnell LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Julia Yasmin Tayyab , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

H.B. Fuller Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C., Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen & Maura Yusof , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Henry Pratt Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Julia Yasmin Tayyab , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

IMO Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C., Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen & Maura Yusof , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

ITT Industries, Inc., Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to Bell & Gossett Pump Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Jeffrey E. Rogers , McGuireWoods LLP & Undray Wilks , McGuire Woods LLP.

Ingersoll-Rand Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Michael Thomas Antikainen , HeplerBroom, LLC & Scott H. Koontz , HeplerBroom LLC.

Joy Technologies, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Anna Gonis O'Connor , Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney.

Riley Power, Inc., f/k/a Riley Stoker Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C., Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen & Maura Yusof , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Texaco, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Michael T. Trucco , Stamos & Trucco LLP & Gregory T. Goldberg , Stamos & Trucco LLP.

Trane U.S. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Michael Thomas Antikainen , HeplerBroom, LLC & Scott H. Koontz , HeplerBroom LLC.

Union Carbide Corporation, Individually and f/k/a Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Tobin J Taylor , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C., Heidi E Ruckman , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen & Maura Yusof , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HARRY D. LEINENWEBER, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

In their first amended Complaint, filed in the Cook County Circuit Court, the Plaintiffs allege that numerous Defendants' tortious conduct proximately caused Mr. Horrie's malignant mesothelioma, a cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. He alleges that his exposure occurred during several years (1964 to 1968) in the United States Navy, where he served in various capacities...

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