in Chicago represented Gallagher Materials. agreedto pay the $3.15 million, but did not admit fault in the settle- ment, Norem said. under Illinois law since it served as Jason Shelton’s employer, but she could file suit against Gallagher Materials Corp., the company that manufactured and sold the asphalt from the Joliet plant, Norem said. Melissa Shelton could not sue Gallagher Asphalt Corp. ![]() Several minutes later, workers found Shelton deep inside the bin and no longer breathing. Another worker came over to hit the side of the bin to help the material properly, Norem said. ![]() On the day of his death, Shelton’s duties included standing above the bin on a catwalk and monitoring the flow of the material through the bin, Norem said.Īs the weather turned cold and snowy that day, the sand got stuck in the bin and no longer flowed out smoothly, Norem said. “She wanted to find out what happened and have someone take responsi- bility.” “The point of the lawsuit from (Melissa Shelton’s) standpoint was not to see how much money she could get,” Norem said. Tomczak of the Law Office of Jeff Tomczak in Joliet also represented Shelton’s widow. Norem of Parente & Norem P.C., who represented Shelton’s then-wife, Melissa, with his partner, Joseph D. ![]() Jason Shelton, 26, died in November 2004 while working at Gallagher Asphalt Corp.’s plant when he suffocated inside a 30- foot bin of sandmaterial used to make asphalt, said Christopher M. Kirkton, editor of the Jury Verdict Reporter, a division of Law Bulletin Publishing Co. 11, the settlement repre- sents the largest in Will County for an adult male in a wrongful death case, said John L. News Octo0 comments Settlement gives widow $3.15 millionīY MARY KATE MALONE Law Bulletin staff writerĪn Illinois asphalt manufac- turer agreed to pay $3.15 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the widow of an oiler who died while working at a Joliet asphalt plant in 2004, her attorney said.Īpproved by Will County Circuit Judge Michael J.
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