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ELAM v. LINCOLN ELEC. CO.

No. 5-04-0120.

841 N.E.2d 1037 (2005)

362 Ill. App.3d 884

299 Ill.Dec. 305

Lawrence E. ELAM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LINCOLN ELECTRIC COMPANY, Hobart Brothers Company, and Airco/The Boc Group, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

December 20, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Godfrey, P.C., Helen E. Witt, Michelle H. Browdy, Barry E. Fields, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP; D. Patterson Gloor, Morgan M. Strand, Donald F. Ivansek, Cassiday, Schade & Gloor, LLP, Chicago; Jeffrey S. Hebrank, Burroughs, Hepler, Broom MacDonald, Hebrank & True, Edwardsville, for Appellants.

Robert Wm. Bosslet, Jr., Bosslet & O'Leary, Ltd., Granite City; Robert G. McCoy, Cascino Vaughan Law Offices, Ltd., Ashland, Chicago, for Appellee.

Justice GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Lawrence Elam, who suffers from a central nervous system injury diagnosed as Parkinson's disease, filed a negligence and products liability action against defendants, Lincoln Electric Company (Lincoln Electric), Hobart Brothers Company, and Airco/The BOC Group, Inc. (Airco), manufacturers of welding rods. Plaintiff alleged defendants failed to investigate...

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