Stinnes Corp. v. Kerr-McGee Coal Corp.

14 December 1999

NO. 5-98-0105

IN THE

APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

FIFTH DISTRICT

STINNES CORPORATION, ) Appeal from the) Circuit Court of

Plaintiff-Appellant, ) Williamson County.)) No. 91-L-155)

KERR-McGEE COAL )

CORPORATION, ) Honorable) Paul S. Murphy,

Defendant-Appellee. ) Judge, presiding.

PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Stinnes Corporation, third-party plaintiff (Stinnes), appeals from an order of the circuit court of Williamson County dismissing its action for spoliation of evidence against Kerr-McGee Coal Corporation, third-party defendant (Kerr-McGee). The…