Supreme Court of Illinois

In a wrongful death action alleging negligence arising from a gas explosion, summary judgement in favor of the defendant is reversed and remanded where knowledge that chemical elements in the gas which they supplied could cause corrosion in certain types of connectors created a duty on the part of the defendant gas company to exercise reasonable care to warn its customers.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/01/2004
• Published 04/01/2004

Judges

• Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gino L. DiVito, of Tabet, DiVito & Rothstein, and Tyrone C. Fahner, Roger J. Kiley, George J. Tzanetopoulos, Robert M. Dow, Jr., and Joel D. Bertocchi, of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, L.L.P., Chicago, for appellant., Barbara Baran and Darren J. Hunter, of Ross & Hardies, Chicago, for amici curiae The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. et al.


• For Appellees:
  
• William F. Martin, of Hilfman, Fogel, Martin & Barr, P.C., and Thomas R. Rakowski, of Connelly, Roberts & McGivney, L.L.C., Chicago, for appellee.