Responses Filed Against Motions to Remand and Stay in West Virginia

WHEELING, W. Va. -- While the defendants in a welding rod complaint have filed a motion to stay the case pending transfer to the welding rod products liability MDL, the estimated 2,400 plaintiffs who filed the complaint have opposed the stay, arguing that the court first must rule on the plaintiffs' remand motion. Adames, et al. v. AGA Gas, Inc., et al., No. 04-44 (N.D. W. Va.).

Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia on April 21, the plaintiffs responded to the defendants' motion, stating that a stay would undermine judicial economy and only …