# Kessinger v. Grefco, Inc.

> Illinois Supreme Court · October 18, 1996 · 173 Ill. 2d 447

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9859766

## Case

- **Full name:** OTTO KESSINGER Et Al., Appellees, v. GREFCO, INC., Appellant
- **Court:** Illinois Supreme Court
- **Decided:** October 18, 1996
- **Citations:** 173 Ill. 2d 447; 220 Ill. Dec. 137; 672 N.E.2d 1149; 1996 Ill. LEXIS 109
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Harrison
- **Judges:** McMorrow, Harrison
- **Cited by:** 48 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- noting the elimination of the mutuality requirement; offensive estoppel available as long as threshold elements are met

## Opinion text

JUSTICE HARRISON, specially concurring:
I agree with the result reached by the majority for the reasons stated in part I of its analysis. Because the jury determined that the plaintiffs did not suffer from silicosis, the appellate court should not have reversed and remanded for a new trial based on the circuit court’s ruling on collateral estoppel. The collateral estoppel question had no effect on the outcome of the case and therefore should not have been addressed by either the appellate court or this court.

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