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WEIDNER v. MIDCON CORP.

No. 5-00-0510.

767 N.E.2d 815 (2002)

328 Ill. App.3d 1056

263 Ill.Dec. 89

Bret WEIDNER, Ronnie Smith, Robert Strackeljohn, and Glenda Strackeljohn, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MIDCON CORPORATION, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, I.D. Tool Specialty Corporation, Harris Drilling Fluids Inc., Ken Harris, Charles Garden, Larry Parks, Bob Brasel, and Bergman Petroleum Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Filed March 5, 2002.

Motion to Publish Granted April 11, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip F. Maher, Philip F. Maher & Associates, Michael W. Rathsack, Chicago, for Appellants.

Susan M. Mongillo, Darren J. Hunter, Ross & Hardies, Chicago, for Midcon Corporation and Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America.

Richard A. Cary, Janie F. Smith, Wham & Wham Lawyers, Centralia, for I.D. Tool Specialty Corporation, Larry Parks, and Charles Garden.

William J. Knapp, Elizabeth A. Bradley, Knapp, Ohl & Green, Glen Carbon, for Harris Drilling Fluids Inc., and Ken Harris.

Kenneth L. Halvachs, Gundlach, Lee, Eggmann, Boyle & Roessler, Belleville, for Bergman Petroleum Company.

Justice RARICK delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs (plaintiffs) filed suit against the defendants (defendants) in connection with an explosion and fire that occurred on February 7, 1997, at an oil well drilling site located over an underground gas storage field in southern Illinois. Defendants moved to dismiss plaintiffs' second amended complaint, contending that the complaint failed to state a cause of action. The circuit court of Fayette County granted...

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