Plaintiff Supports New Trial, Cites Missing Docs, Undisclosed Funding

MT. VERNON, Ill. -- An Illinois plaintiff is backing a trial court's decision to award a new trial in a welding fume case, citing 457,000 pages of missing documents and an undisclosed $600,000 in funding allegedly connected to studies cited by defense experts. Winterman v. BOC Group, et al., No. 5-06-0679 (Ill. App. Ct., 5th Dist.).

According to the plaintiff's response brief filed June 12 in Illinois' 5th District Court of Appeals, the defendants failed to disclose more than $600,000 that was connected to research articles relied upon by several defense experts. The defendants additionally did not produce an estimated …