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Attorneys appeal October ruling Rohm and Haas seek re-evaluation of decision giving McCullom Lake widow new trial By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com Attorneys for Rohm and Haas are asking Pennsylvania’s appellate court to reconsider an October ruling overturning the dismissal of the first McCullom Lake brain cancer trial. The company wants all 18 judges on the bench of the Superior Court – what Pennsylvania calls its appellate court – to re-evaluate a ruling by two
of its members that granted McCullom Lake widow Joanne Branham a new trial after a 2 ∏-year appeal. Branham is one of 33 plaintiffs accusing the Philadelphia-based company’s specialty chemical plant in Ringwood of causing a cluster of brain and pituitary tumors in the McCullom Lake area. A two-judge panel Oct. 9 ruled that a lower court judge erred when he stopped the case five weeks into the
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trial, before plaintiff rested, and after angrily dismissing the testimony of plaintiffs’ expert epidemiologist as “an attempt to deceive the court” and “tantamount to fraud.” Rohm and Haas filed what is known as an “en banc” appeal in asking the entire bench to review the decision of some of its judges. The company in its appeal maintains that Judge Allan Tereshko acted correctly in stopping the trial, and eventual-
ly ruling in the company’s favor. “This is an untenable result that unnecessarily ties a trial court’s hands. It either forces the court, parties and jury to continue with what amounts to a show trial, or it rewards a plaintiff whose witness’s misconduct caused her case to implode with a chance to start over,” the petition states.
About this series “Coincidence or Cluster?” is the Northwest Herald’s ongoing investigation of the McCullom Lake brain cancer lawsuits.
See APPEAL, page A4
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Superintendent Burkey grew up in Washington By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com HUNTLEY – District 158 Superintendent John Burkey had the TV ready for the Bears game Sunday, when he first saw news that a tornado ripped through his hometown of Washington. Burkey immediately felt shock as he learned that the tornado, with winds between 170 and 190 miles per hour, deJohn Burkey stroyed Washington D-158 super- neighborhoods nearly a mile away from intendent his old house in the Tazewell County community, near Peoria. In the moments that followed, Burkey called and texted friends from his Washington Community High School days to learn that some had their homes destroyed or damaged. None of his friends were severely injured. “It destroyed whole neighborhoods in Washington,” Burkey said. “It was tragic to see. Thankfully, everyone I know of is physically OK.” Meteorologists from the National Weather Service on Monday gave the Washington tornado a preliminary EF-4 rating, the second most
See TORNADO, page A6
More inside n Early forecasts, warnings helped save lives from severe weather. PAGE A3 n Find out how to help victims of Sunday’s storms. PAGE A7
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Kelly Reinert puts a bib on Kelsey Hamang, 3 months, while Max Fredin, 1, plays Nov. 6 at Home on Hill Childcare in Woodstock. Reinert started the daycare out of her home in June.
‘Never a dull moment’ Many providers must care for different age groups at once By EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – The blackand-white outline of a turkey sat in front of each child in Kelly Reinert’s kitchen. While 2-year-old Kara Davis was gamely scrawling swooping lines of colors across the page, the boys weren’t as taken with the task, several wandering off
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“One of the hardest things, I think, is entertaining from a 1-year-old to a 2-year-old to a 4-year-old to after school at 2 o’clock [when the older kids come].” Kelly Reinert, day care provider to investigate what was behind a closed door. The answer on what lay be-
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After two years of not raising property taxes, the McHenry City Council is set to increase its levy. The McHenry County City Council voted 5-1 Monday evening to give initial approval for a $5 million levy, an increase of 5 percent over last year’s levy. A final vote will be held after a public hearing Dec. 2. For
Crystal Lake Centra boys basketball coach Rich Czeslawski opted to put players through fight training rather than sticking with a more traditional preseason conditioning regimen. Czeslawski’s goal: building chemistry and teaching discipline on a young team that lost six seniors after reaching the Class 4A sectional semifinals last season. For more, see page C1.
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hind that door was Kelsey Hamang, who was busy napping and at nearly 4 months old was
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the youngest of the nine children Reinert watches on a regular basis. “We read books,” Reinert said. “We play with toys. A lot of the day is spent on breakfast, snack, lunch, changing diapers, cleaning up. That takes a lot of the day. There’s never a dull moment in here.”
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