Defendants Awarded Summary Judgment on Limitations Issue in Illinois Case

CHICAGO - A state court judge in Illinois has awarded summary judgment to defendants in a silica case, finding that a silicosis plaintiff whose father died of silica-related lung disease nearly 30 years ago failed to bring his claim for a nearly identical injury within the applicable statute of limitations. Personette v. TEC Specialty Products, Inc., et al., No. 02-4906 (Ill. Cir. Ct., Cook Cty.).

Judge Lynn M. Egan of the Cook County Circuit Court granted the defendants' motion after determining that, even when the discovery rule is applied, plaintiff Leland Personette was aware that he suffered from work-related silicosis …