Survivors Ask Welding MDL Court to Allow Substitution, Wrongful Death Claim

CLEVELAND - The family of a recently deceased plaintiff in the Welding Fume Products MDL has asked the court to allow for substitution of plaintiff and the submission of an amended complaint, which will include a wrongful death claim. Ainsworth, et al. v. Lincoln Electric Co., et al., No. 1:09-wf-17051-KMO [In re: Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1535] (N.D. Ohio).

The motion was filed Jan.31 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio by counsel for the family of Larry Goodson, who was a Louisiana resident and co-plaintiff in a 2003 lawsuit filed on behalf …