Both Sides Move to Limit Opponents' Experts

CLEVELAND - Plaintiffs and defendants in the upcoming federal MDL welding fumes trial have filed a series of motions in limine in recent days, asking the court to limit their oppponents' experts or preclude certain references at trial. Cooley v. Lincoln Electric Co., [MDL Docket No. 1535] (N.D. Ohio).

Attorneys for Curtis and Nancy Cooley, whose trial is scheduled to begin on Sept. 14, and defendants filed a series of motions on July 24.

The Cooleys filed an omnibus motion asking Judge Kathleen M. O'Malley, who will preside at trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of …