{"id":5949,"date":"2016-03-17T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=5949"},"modified":"2019-10-28T10:35:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T10:35:28","slug":"illinois-supreme-court-denies-widows-asbestos-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-supreme-court-denies-widows-asbestos-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Supreme Court Denies Widow\u2019s Asbestos Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James Folta was diagnosed with mesothelioma 41 years after he was alleged to have been exposed to asbestos fibers while working for Ferro Engineering.<\/p>\n<p>Because Section 6(c) of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/ilcs\/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2431\">Illinois Workers\u2019 Occupational Diseases Act<\/a> bars asbestos claims unless they are filed with the workers\u2019 compensation commission within 25 years of the last on-the-job exposure to asbestos, Folta\u2019s only ground for recovering from Ferro was to argue that the exclusive-remedies provisions in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/ilcs\/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2430\">Workers\u2019 Compensation Act<\/a> and the occupational diseases statute do not apply on the grounds that his injury was \u201cnot compensable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Illinois Supreme Court explained in Meerbrey v. Marshall Field &amp; Co., 139 Ill.2d 455 (1990), that the exclusive-remedy section of the compensation statute does not bar a tort case against an employer if \u201cthe employee-plaintiff proves: (1) that the injury was not accidental; (2) that the injury did not arise from his or her employment; (3) that the injury was not received during the course of employment; or (4) that the injury was not compensable under the act.\u201d Meerbrey, 139 Ill.2d at 463, citing Collier v. Wagner Castings, 81 Ill.2d 229 (1980).<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-supreme-court-denies-widows-asbestos-claim\/#more-5949\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Folta was diagnosed with mesothelioma 41 years after he was alleged to have been exposed to asbestos fibers while working for Ferro Engineering. 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