Ala. Supreme Court Denies Rehearing on Welding Defendants' Questions

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Alabama Supreme Court has declined to reconsider a June 2011 ruling on statute of limitations questions arising in a welding fumes exposure case, but two justices offered additional comments on the court's original decision (Jerkins v. Lincoln Electric Co., et al., No. 1091533, Oct. Term, 2010-2011 (Ala. Sup. Ct.) [No. 1: 04-cv-18810 (N.D. Ohio)].

Justices Glenn Murdock and Greg Shaw, who agreed with the high court's decision to overrule the welding product manufacturers' application for rehearing, noted in their March 2 concurrences, however, that the answers given by the court to certified questions were specific …