Statute of Repose Applies to Bar Pipefitter's Claim, Appeals Court Rules

CHICAGO - An Illinois appeals court has upheld a ruling that the state's construction statute of repose operated to bar the asbestos-related claims of a pipefitter, finding no evidence that the contractors for which he worked were in the business of doing anything other than installing the asbestos-containing products in question. King v. Paul J. Krez Co., et al., No. 1-00-1584 (Ill. App. Ct., 1st Dist.).

The First District Appellate Court of Illinois ruled June 22 that the lawsuit filed on behalf of Robert King was properly disposed of by the Cook County Circuit, which had granted motions for summary …