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SOLIS v. BASF CORP.

No. 1-11-0875.

979 N.E.2d 419 (2012)

2012 IL App (1st) 110875

365 Ill. Dec. 815

Gerardo SOLIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BASF CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

October 4, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John N. Scholnick , Neil Lloyd , Heidi K. Oertle , and Shelley L. Merkin , Schiff Hardin LLP, Chicago, IL, for appellant.

Kenneth B. McClain , Humphrey, Farington & McClain, Independence, Susan Ford Robertson , Robertson Law Group, Kansas City, MO, for appellee.

OPINION

Justice EPSTEIN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 In this personal injury case, plaintiff Gerardo Solis claims that his lungs were injured while he worked with diacetyl, a synthetic chemical used in artificial butter flavoring. Solis brought negligence and strict liability claims for failure to warn and defective design against BASF Corporation (BASF), one of the distributors that supplied diacetyl to Solis's employer, Flavorchem...

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