Legal Opinion
In re Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided September 14, 2007No. 1:03-CV-17000PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*282 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
O’MALLEY, District Judge.
A number of plaintiff welders filed in California federal district court a lawsuit known as Steele v. AO. Smith Corp. The Steele action was transferred to this Court as related to In re: Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1535. The plaintiffs in Steele now move for class certification (master docket no. 1837). For the reasons stated below, the Court concludes this motion must be DENIED.
As set out in Section IX of this Order, below, the Court directs the Steele plaintiffs to submit a position statement regarding the Court’s…
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