Plaintiff in Upcoming MDL Trial Dismiss All Claims Against 3 Defendants

CLEVELAND - A welding fumes plaintiff scheduled to bring his claims to trial before a federal jury in June has voluntarily dismissed claims against defendants Linde LLC, TDY Industries and Hobart Brothers Co., citing lack of evidence of significant exposure to their welding products. Street v. Lincoln Electric Co., et al., No. 1:06-CV-17026 [In re: Welding Rod Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1535] (N.D. Ohio).

Judge Kathleen M. O'Malley, who presides over the federal Welding Rod Products Liability docket in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, signed an order on Feb. 1 dismissing the defendants from …