Calif. Judge Grants Parties' Wish to Postpone Welding Fume Coverage Trial

OAKLAND, Calif. - The judge presiding over the California bridge welders' coordinated litigation has agreed to postpone a scheduled May trial on allocation of insurance proceeds from a settling defendant. In re: Welding Products Cases, JCCP No. 4368 (Calif. Super. Ct., Alameda Cty.).

Alameda County Superior Court Judge Robert Freedman signed the order March 13, and has rescheduled trial to begin June 6 pursuant to a Feb. 29 stipulation between the remaining plaintiffs.

Attorneys for plaintiffs Gustave Link and for Francisco Aguirre and other welders who disagree on the disposition of insurance proceeds from their settlement with IHI Environmental. (Link …