Legal Opinion
Elam v. Lincoln Electric Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 20, 2005No. 5-04-0120PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Goldenhersh
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 the harms they were aware of relating to manganese in welding rods and failed to warn of those harms. Plaintiff claimed the failure to investigate and the failure to warn caused his Parkinson’s disease.
Plaintiff began working for…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
- Pedrick v. Peoria & Eastern RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1967
- Maple v. GustafsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1992
- Katie Bonner, Esau Bonner v. Isp Technologies, Inc., Crawford & Company, Inc., MovantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- Donaldson v. Central Illinois Public Service Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 2002
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Bergman v. KelseyAppellate Court of Illinois · 2007
- Boren v. BOC Group, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2008
- Solis v. BASF Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2012
- Boyd v. Lincoln Electric Co.Ohio Court of Appeals · 2008
- Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle Co.District Court, D. South Dakota · 2012
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