Defendants: Protective Order Does Not Require Disclosure of Data Reviewers

CLEVELAND - The Welding Fume MDL defendants are opposing a plaintiff expert's motion to compel a list of reviewers of his Parkinson's disease data, arguing that a 2004 joint-stipulated protective order does not impose a duty to disclose the names of data reviewers. In re: Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1535. Case No. 1:03-cv-17000, (N.D. Ohio).

On Feb. 24 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, the defendants filed an opposition to Dr. Brad A. Racette's and Washington University's motion to compel a list of names of all persons who have been provided with …