We have posted about the welding fumes MDL before. Call it case management by option– as the court has worked through the bellwether trials, it is in
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District Court Upholds Punitives in Surprising Decision
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In a surprising and somewhat questionable decision, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio recently upheld a jury verdict awarding …
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State Supreme Court Reverses Plaintiff Verdict in Welding Rod Litigation
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While a handful of large plaintiff verdicts has garnered much of the media attention, most of the trials involving welding fume claims have been favor…
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Court of Appeals Vacates Jury Verdict for Plaintiff in Welding Case
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The Sixth Circuit last week vacated one of the rare plaintiff verdicts in the welding rod litigation. Tamraz v. Lincoln Electric Co., et al., 2010 WL …
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Welding Fume MDL Court Releases “Trial Template”
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The Judge overseeing the Welding Fume Products Liability MDL Litigation has issued a “Trial Template” to assist transferor courts in handl…
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Informal Discovery Leads to Dismissal in MDL
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The court in the welding fume MDL litigation has dismissed the claims of the plaintiff who had been chosen for the seventh bellwether trial in this na…
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Defense Jury Verdict In Welding Rod Trial
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A jury in Mason County, W.Va., issued a unanimous verdict last week for welding industry defendants, rejecting claims that injuries to former welder J…
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California Jury Returns Defense Verdict In Welding Fumes Trial
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Jurors in Oakland, CA., concluded last week that welding products manufacturers were not liable for any neurological impairments suffered by a long-ti…
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Defense Jury Verdict In Welding Rod Trial
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Defendants last week secured another jury verdict in the federal welding rod MDL trials. Byers v. Lincoln Electric Co.,et al., N.D. Ohio, No. 04-17033…
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MDL Court Holds To Pretrial Deadlines For Next Bellwether Case In Welding Fumes
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The MDL court in the In re Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation, MDL-1535 (N.D. Ohio) recently issued an interesting Order about mediation. Not …
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