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1.661 documents for duty to warn illinois

- No duty to warn, Illinois high court holds: the court reaffirms the rule that Party A has no duty to warn Party B about a threat posed by Party C unless there's a special relationship between A and B.
Someone with whom you used to do business has made threats against another of your former business associates, blaming that individual for ruining his...
- Illinois Bar Journal
- Vol. 95 Nbr. 11, November 2007
- The duty to warn against serious injury: can plaintiffs successfully challenge Illinois' tough standard?
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Illinois Supreme Court in Iseberg v Gross (1) addressed when a duty may be imposed on a party to warn or protect a person...
- Illinois Bar Journal
- Vol. 97 Nbr. 10, October 2009
- Illinois Supreme Court Applies Risk-Utility Analysis In Negligent Design Case And Refuses To Expand A Manufacturer's Postsale Duty To Warn In Reversal Of $43 Million Jury Verdict In Exploding Gas Tank Accident Case
In a significant victory for product manufacturers, the Illinois Supreme Court reversed a $43 million jury verdict against defendant Ford Motor Compan...

- Paul Swearingen v. Momentive Specia, (7th Cir. 2011)
... for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 10-cv-4470--...Swearingen a duty regarding the open and obvious hazard at issue. We... that Momentive breached the duty it owed to warn him of the risk associated with the lowpiping haza...
- Federal Circuits
- Products Liability Update - May 2012 - Part 1
... federal law preempted state law failure to warn claims asserted against generic drug manufacturers... drug manufacturers have an ongoing federal duty of "sameness" regarding their labels – namely, t... ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT APPLIES RISK-UTILITY ANALYSIS IN NEG...
- Illinois Supreme Court Rules Wife of Railroad Employee Can Sue for Take-Home Asbestos Exposure ; Critical Decision Preserves Rights of Cancer Victims to Hold Companies Accountable for Misconduct
ALTON, Ill., March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week against CSX Transportation and in favor of the family of Annette Simpkins of Granite City, Ill., who died of asbestos-related cancer after her husband brought the toxic dust home on his clothing from the railroad. The ruling returns the case to Madison County, Ill., for trial after a majority of Supreme Court justices found that an employer has an obligation to warn workers and their families about the dangers linked to take-home asbestos exposure. The Simmons Firm, a national asbestos litigation firm headquartered in Alton, Ill., represents the Simpkins family. Attorney Ted Gianaris commended the court's ruling, saying the decision strengthens the rights of Illinois families unjustly harmed by toxic ...

... in Illinois case law that employers have a duty to warn the immediate family members of their empl...
- U.S. Newswire
- March 26, 2012
- Recent Trends In Asbestos Litigation.
...In Madison County, Illinois, there were 89 lung cancer cases filed in July 201... the fundamental issue presented whether a duty to warn a secondarily exposed plaintiff exists in ...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Nbr. 2012, January 2012
- Recent Trends In Asbestos Litigation
...In Madison County, Illinois, there were 89 lung cancer cases filed in July 201... the fundamental issue presented whether a duty to warn a secondarily exposed plaintiff exists in ...
- Altria Group, Inc. v. Good, 555 U. S. ____ (2008)
..., because the claim alleged a violation of a duty not to deceive—a duty that is not “based on”... recast respondents’ claim as a failure-to-warn or warning neutralization claim of the kind pre-em... case sought to bring a claim under the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Ac...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Scott Birchler and Sandy Birchler, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Gehl Company, Defendant-Appellee., 88 F.3d 518 (7th Cir. 1996)
... requested a jury instruction on a continuing duty to warn, alleging that Gehl became aware of the ha...Had we found that Illinois law favored the appellants, we would not have been...
- Federal Circuits