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9th Welding Rod MDL Bellwether Trial Ends In Defense Verdict For 3 Manufacturers
Posted on 22 Oct 2010 by Bill G Lowe

CLEVELAND - (Mealey's) An Ohio federal jury on Oct. 21 found that the ninth bellwether trial plaintiff in the welding rod multidistrict litigation failed to prove that his Parkinsonism was caused by manganese from welding fumes ( In re: Welding Fume... Read More

Tags: bellwether trial , In re: Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation , welding rod multidistrict litigation , Judge Donald C. Nugent , James Clinger v. Lincoln Electric Company , Hobart Brothers , Parkinsonism , welding rods , Miller Electric Manufacturing , Litigation , welding fumes , lawsuit , Lincoln Electric , manganese , James Clinger

Defense Verdict Returned In 8th National Welding Fume Trial
Posted on 28 May 2010 by Bill G Lowe

AKRON, Ohio - (Mealey's) The eighth trial in the national welding fumes products liability litigation consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio concluded May 27 with a defense verdict for Lincoln Electric Co.; final... Read More

Tags: In re: Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation , Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom , TDY Industries Inc. , John H. Beisner , welding rods , Linde , Litigation , welding fumes , BOC Group Inc. , lawsuit , Airco Inc. , Lincoln Electric , The ESAB Group Inc. , manganese , David Mann

Supreme Court Denies Certiorari To Welder Seeking Review Of $20 Million Verdict Reversal
Posted on 17 May 2011 by Bill G Lowe

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court announced May 16 that it denied a petition for a writ of certiorari for a welder who sought review of an appellate court opinion overturning a $20 million jury award for failing to warn of the risks... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , Jeff Tamraz v. Lincoln Electric Co. , Tamraz , Damages , TDY Industries , welder , Hobart Brothers , ESAB Group , welding rods , Litigation , welding fumes , compensatory , Lincoln Electric , manganese , jury award

$2.4M Welding Rod Verdict Vacated So Jury Can Weigh Employer’s Fault
Posted on 27 Aug 2010 by Bill G Lowe

NEW ORLEANS - (Mealey's) A jury in a welding rod multidistrict litigation bellwether case should have been permitted to allocate fault to the plaintiff's shipbuilder employer, a panel of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Aug. 26 in... Read More

Tags: punitive damages , EASB Group , BOC Group , Robert E. Jowers v. Lincoln Electric Company , welding rods , Robert E. Jowers , shipbuilder , Litigation , welding fumes , multidistrict litigation , compensatory , lawsuit , Fifth Circuit , Lincoln Electric , verdict , Parkinson , manganese