Boren v. BOC Group, Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE STEWART

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendants appeal an order of the circuit court of Madison County granting a new trial in this cause. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

The plaintiff, Steven A. Boren, filed a complaint against multiple defendants, alleging that his Parkinson’s disease was the result of his exposure to welding fumes and that the defendants failed to adequately warn of the neurological risks from manganese in welding fumes. When the parties first attempted to select a jury in May of 2005, the circuit court declared a mistrial when the parties agreed that an…