FOLTA v. FERRO ENGINEERING

No. 1-12-3219.

14 N.E.3d 717 (2014)

2014 IL App (1st) 123219

383 Ill. Dec. 434

Ellen FOLTA, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of James Folta, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FERRO ENGINEERING, a division of ON Marine Services Company, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

June 27, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas J. Vogelzang , of Connelly & Vogelzang, LLC, of Chicago, and Donald P. Blydenburgh and Jerome H. Block , both of Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, of New York, New York, for appellant.

Joshua G. Vincent and Craig T. Liljestrand , both of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, of Chicago, for appellee.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 This is a case of first impression in Illinois. It is a decision that determines when an employee can sue his employer outside of the Workers' Compensation Act (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 2010)) (the Act) and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act (820 ILCS 310/1 et seq. (West 2010)) when the employee first...

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