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· 7/19/1991

Bituminous Casualty Corp. v. Gust K. Newberg Construction Co.

Citations

  • 578 N.E.2d 1003
  • 218 Ill. App. 3d 956
  • 161 Ill. Dec. 357
  • 1991 Ill. App. LEXIS 1251

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  • finding same, and that allegations regarding injured employees not offered for recovery but as evidence of failed air system
  • lost work days and other productivity losses allegedly due to inadequate ventilation system in office building did not represent “loss of use of tangible property” but merely purchaser’s defeated expectations
  • no “occurrence” where underlying complaint alleged faulty air conditioning system had been installed in state building because the allegations of extreme “temperatures in the building are no more than the natural and ordinary consequences of installing an inadequate HVAC system”
  • “The State’s complaint alleges physical injury to State employees in that some had to be taken to the hospital but we find these allegations are made not for recovery for the injured employees but are offered as evidence of the problems that resulted from the defective HVAC system.”

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Judges: Laporta, McNamara, Egan

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