Calif. Court Approves Welder's Settlement with 'Minor Player'

OAKLAND, Calif. - The Alameda County Court has approved a bridge welder's $12,500 settlement with a workplace design specialist described in court papers as a "minor player" in the consolidated welding fume litigation initiated by workers on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge project. Link v. Welding Products Cases, No. RG05212890 [JCCP 4368] (Calif. Super. Ct., Alameda Cty.).

The order approving the settlement between Gustav W. Link and Lacroix Davis LLC was signed by Alameda County Superior Court Judge Robert B. Freedman on April 30.

The agreement releases Lacroix Davis from any and all claims by Link, who is a member …