Redelmann v. K.A. Steel Chemicals, Inc.

              Fourth Division
November 29, 2007
No. 1-06-2371
FRITZ REDELMANN, ) Appeal from the
) Circuit Court of
Plaintiff-Appellant, ) Cook County
)
v. )
)
K.A. STEEL CHEMICALS, INC., PVS CHEMICALS (ILLINOIS), )
INC., and VELISCOL CHEMICAL CORP., ))
Defendants-Appellees )))
(Alexander Chemical Corporation, The Butcher Company, Inc., )
Cardinal Chemical Corporation, Clorox Products Manufacturing )
Company, C.P. Sales Company, NYCO Products Company, )
Olin Corporation, PPG Industries, Inc., Rexford Rand Corporation, ) No. 98 L 11350
Stevens Chemical Company, Sunnyside Corporation, S.C. Johnson )
and Son, Inc., S.C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc., West )
Sanitation Services, Inc., Hysan Corporation, Wepak Corporation, )
Canberra Corporation, Rowell Chemical Corporation, Seeler )
Industries, Inc., Atochem North America, Inc., BASF Wyandotte )
Corporation, Select Specialty Sales, L.L.C., Phibro Chemicals, )
Inc., Claire, Inc., and Chemical Packaging Corporation, ) Honorable
) Jennifer Duncan-Brice,
Defendants). ) Judge Presiding.
PRESIDING JUSTICE NEVILLE delivered the opinion of the court:
The plaintiff, Fritz Redelmann, filed a complaint against the defendants, K.A. Steel Chemicals,
Inc. (K.A. Steel), PVS Chemicals (Illinois), Inc. (PVS), Veliscol Chemical Corp. (Veliscol), and other
defendants not parties to this appeal, based on negligence and product liability. In the complaint,
Redelmann alleged that he was injured when he was exposed to hydrochloric acid (HCL) and other
chemicals while working as a custodian, maintenance and repair worker. On May 5, 2006, the trial