Risch v. Paul J. Krez Co.

Plaintiffs appeal the trial court’s order granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment. Plaintiffs brought suit against the Paul J. Krez Company and others to recover damages for the wrongful deaths of their husbands. Plaintiffs alleged that their husbands’ deaths were the result of exposure to asbestos products designed, processed, manufactured, sold, and distributed by Krez. Krez filed a motion for summary judgment, claiming that the construction design management and supervision statute of repose (construction statute of repose) barred plaintiffs’ action. 735 ILCS 5/13—214 (West 1992).…