Legal Opinion
Jerkins v. Lincoln Electric Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 30, 2011No. 1091533PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STUART, Justice.
The United States Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation consolidated in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division (“the MDL court”), approximately 1,800 cases involving claims seeking dam*3ages for personal injuries allegedly caused by exposure to welding fumes. In re Welding Rod Products Liability Litigation, 269 F.Supp.2d 1365 (J.P.M.L.2003). Several dozen of those cases are governed by Alabama law, and the MDL court has identified three issues of Alabama law that may be determinative in those cases, yet, the MDL court states,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- American Stevedores, Inc. v. PorelloSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Garrett v. Raytheon Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1979
- John Deere Co. v. GambleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1988
- Smith v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
- Chatham v. CSX Transp., Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1993
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Melissa Ann Bobo v. Tennessee Valley AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2017
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- Arnold v. United States Pipe & Foundry Co.District Court, N.D. Alabama · 2017
- Jerkins v. Lincoln Electric Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2011
- Ochello v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.District Court, S.D. Alabama · 2025
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