Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. United Asbestos Corp.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 14, 1981No. 79-566PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE KASSERMAN
delivered the opinion of the court:
Action was brought in a four-count complaint to recover damages for the wrongful death of Frank J. Mitchell, who allegedly died from the disease of asbestosis. Decedent died on October 14, 1972, and the complaint was filed in the circuit court of Madison County, Illinois, on October 15,1974, the day following an Illinois legal holiday. Counts I and II of the complaint, filed by decedent’s widow as administratrix of his estate, were for wrongful death. Count I alleged negligence, and count II sought recovery under a theory of…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Ingersoll v. KleinIllinois Supreme Court · 1970
- Hurtado v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
- Miller v. MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
- Gaudette v. WebbMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Johnson v. Spider Staging Corp.Washington Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Townsend v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 2007
- Hammond v. North American Asbestos Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1983
- International Administrators, Inc. And Sheldon Harrison v. Life Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Robert McK Foster, as Personal Representative of the Estates of Almon O. Thompson, Deceased, and Doris E. Thompson, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Fleet Management Systems, Inc. v. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.District Court, C.D. Illinois · 1986
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