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Tillery BELLEVILLE – St. Clair County Associate Judge Kevin Hoerner entered nine straight orders in favor of paraquat plaintiffs in preparation for a trial he would have started Monday, May 10. The parties asked for a delay over the weekend, and Hoerner granted it. In rulings from May 3 to May 6, he limited testimony of 17 defense experts and entirely excluded two. He denied all defense motions for limits on testimony. Farmers Carroll Rowan, Jerry Mills, Freemon Schmidt, and Ronald Niebrugge claim they suffer Parkinson’s disease from using paraquat to control weeds. They seek damages from Syngenta Crop Protection and Growmark cooperative as suppliers, and Chevron USA as manufacturer. ....