Legal Opinion
Jowers v. BOC Group, Inc.
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided April 1, 2009No. 3:08-cv-00036PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
KATHLEEN McDONALD O’MALLEY, District Judge.
This product liability action was brought by husband-and-wife plaintiffs Robert and Donna Jowers against the fol lowing three defendants, each of which manufactured welding rods that Mr. Jowers used: (1) BOC Group, Inc., (2) ESAB Group, Inc., and (3) Lincoln Electric Company. The case was assigned to the undersigned as related to the Multi-District Litigation known as In re Welding Fumes Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1501, case no. 03-CV-17000. 1 Trial of this matter began on February 7, 2008 and culminated on March 6, 2008…
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