Nelson v. Aurora Equipment Co.

PRESIDING JUSTICE ZENOFF

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Vernon Nelson (Vernon) and John Q. Nelson (John), special administrators of the estate of Eva Nelson (Eva), deceased, appeal from an order of the circuit court of Kane County granting summary judgment in favor of defendant, Aurora Equipment Company (Aurora). This is a case of first impression in Illinois in which plaintiffs ask us to extend a duty in a premises liability case to a person who did not have contact with the premises but who was allegedly injured by asbestos fibers and dust that escaped from the premises. We…