MDL Judge Grants Voluntary Dismissals in 21 Cases

CLEVELAND - U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. O'Malley has issued two recent orders in which she agreed to dismiss without prejudice a total of 21 cases from the federal Welding Fume multi-district litigation. In re: Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation, No. 1:03-CV-17000 (N.D. Ohio).

Judge O'Malley dismissed 16 cases in an order filed on Oct. 14, and another five on Oct. 28.

Plaintiffs moving for voluntary dismissal in the Oct. 14 order, and their case numbers, included the following: Max Blackcrow (1:07-wf-17096); Frank Bricker (1:04-CV-17113); Melvin Howell: (1:05-CV-17096); Willie Hunt (1:05-CV-18692); Lewis January (1:06-CV-17239); Luis F. Morales (1:08-CV-17767); Edward Niestroy …