Johnson v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp.

PRESIDING JUSTICE BRESLIN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Venetta Johnson, individually and as special administrator of the estate of Charles Johnson, filed a multicount complaint against numerous defendants asserting that Charles had contracted lung cancer from exposure to their asbestos-containing products. The trial court granted summary judgment to all defendants on the question of whether Charles’ death was caused by exposure to asbestos. We hold that summary judgment was improper on the issue of medical causation because expert opinions based on hypothetical questions in combination…