Boyd Tells Ohio Supreme Court Case 'Is Not of Public Interest'

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Welding fume plaintiff Joseph Boyd has responded to manufacturers who have asked the Ohio Supreme Court to allow an appeal of an intermediate court opinion allowing his failure-to-warn claims, saying the issue does not meet the criteria for the court's discretionary review. Boyd v. Lincoln Electric Co., et al., No. 09-0376 (Ohio Sup. Ct.).

Boyd filed his response on March 25, saying the appeal sought by Lincoln Electric Co. and other defendants fails the test enunciated in Williamson v. Rubich ([1960], 171 Ohio St. 253, 254) because the lower court decision was limited and "based on the …