Boatman v. A.P. Green Refractories Co.

Before us are permissive interlocutory appeals under Supreme Court Rule 308 (134 Ill. 2d R. 308) from identical orders entered by the circuit court of St. Clair County in each of six separate but related cases involving the same 19 defendants. The challenged orders denied petitions filed by defendant North American Refractories Company (North American) pursuant to section 2 — 1001 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 110, par. 2 — 1001) for a change of venue based on judicial prejudice because changes of venue on account of judicial prejudice had already been granted to…