Defendants Ask for Costs after Case Set for Trial is Withdrawn

CLEVELAND - Welding Fume Products defendants have filed a motion for costs in a case voluntarily dismissed prior to a scheduled trial, saying the MDL court indicated earlier that such sanctions might be warranted for plaintiffs who withdraw claims after they are placed on the trial schedule. Hodge v. Lincoln Electric Co., et al., No. 1:04-CV-19007 [In re: Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1535] (N.D. Ohio).

The ESAB Group Inc. and other defendants say in their Motion for Costs filed on Aug. 5 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio that they spent …