State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. W.R. Grace & Co.

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

Asbestos property-damage litigation.

Fifty day trial conducted piecemeal from January to August 1993.

End result: jury awards State Farm $17,-889,632.47 damages, but also finds State Farm thirty percent negligent.

Now before the Court, W.R. Grace’s motions:(1) to dismiss all claims as untimely filed under the Illinois Construction Statute of Repose;(2) for new trial;(3) for judgment after trial.

I. Background

State Farm brought this action to recover the costs of management, removal, and replacement of W.R. Grace’s asbestos containing fireproofing, Monokote-3…