Board of Education v. A, C and S, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that under Illinois law the economic loss doctrine does not bar recovery on an asbestos-in-building claim when the asbestos has contaminated the buildings thus damaging other property
• holding that under Illinois law the economic loss doctrine does not bar recovery on an asbestos-in-building claim when the asbestos has contaminated the buildings thus damaging other property
• recognizing that preventing “recovery in tort merely because the physical harm did not occur suddenly would defeat the underlying purposes of strict products liability”
• recognizing that preventing “recovery in tort merely because the physical harm did not occur suddenly would defeat the underlying purposes of strict products liability”
• holding that the privity requirement is relaxed only when the non-economic loss alleged is physical harm to a person
• recognizing that public schools are “owned by the government, maintained with tax revenue, and used for mandatory classroom attendance as well as for other public functions”

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