VaSalle v. Celotex Corp.

PRESIDING JUSTICE McMORROW

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Ruby VaSalle (plaintiff), administrator of the estate of her husband Charles VaSalle (VaSalle), filed a complaint against numerous manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of asbestos-containing insulation. The complaint sought damages resulting from VaSalle’s adenocarcinoma of the lungs (lung cancer), caused by his exposure to defendants’ asbestos products when he was employed as an insulator. Certain defendants filed a motion for summary judgment, claiming that plaintiff’s causes of action were barred by the statute of…