Legal Opinion
Cooley v. Lincoln Electric Co.
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided March 7, 2011No. Case 1:05-CV-17734PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
KATHLEEN McDONALD O’MALLEY, District Judge.
This products liability action was brought by Curt and Nancy Cooley against four manufacturers of welding rods: (1) Lincoln Electric Company; (2) Hobart Brothers Company; (3) The ESAB Group, Inc.; and (4) BOC Group, Inc. fik/a Aireo, Inc.
The case was assigned to the undersigned as related to the Multidistrict Litigation (“MDL”) known as In re Welding Fumes Products Liability Litigation, case no. 03-CV-17000, MDL no. 1535. The case proceeded to trial and the jury returned a verdict finding defendants liable to Curt Cooley. 1 The jury…
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