Legal Opinion
In Re Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided October 30, 2007No. 1:03-CV-17000. MDL No. 1535PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
KATHLEEN McDONALD O’MALLEY, District Judge.
Currently pending in this Multi-District Litigation (“MDL”) are about 1,775 cases. In all of these lawsuits, the plaintiffs allege: (1) they inhaled fumes given off by welding rods; (2) these fumes contained manganese; (3) this manganese caused them permanent neurological injury and other harm; and (4) the defendants knew or should have known that the use of welding rods would cause these damages. Although the complaints in these cases and the theories of liability they recite are not identical, the plaintiffs generally bring…
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