Calif. Judge Outlines Discovery Plan for Coordinated Cases

OAKLAND - The California judge presiding over the coordinated welding cases in Alameda County recently issued a case management order specifying his plan for discovery in cases coordinated as of Jan. 9, 2006. In re: Welding Products Cases. JCCP No. 4368 (Calif. Sup. Ct., Alameda Cty.).

Alameda County Superior Court Judge Ronald M. Sabraw filed his case management order (No. 5) on March 2. It was decided at a Dec. 20 status conference that Judge Sabraw would oversee five JCCP4368 trials, sources told HarrisMartin,

In his order, Judge Sabraw said cases coordinated under JCCP4368 by Jan. 9, 2006, will be …