Racette Objects to Motion to Compel his Deposition

CLEVELAND -- An expert witness involved in the welding fume litigation has opposed a motion to compel his deposition, calling it the defendants' 'fourth bite at the apple.' In re: Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1535 (N.D. Ohio).

Brad A. Racette, M.D., filed the opposition to the motion to compel on Feb. 7 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

In the opposition, Racette claims that another federal court, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri has already quashed a first set of subpoenas served on Racette and that Judge Kathleen …