Georgia Defendants File For Dismissal, Claim 97 Percent of Plaintiffs Are Texas Residents

ATLANTA -- Defendants in the Georgia welding rod litigation have filed a motion to dismiss based on the doctrine of forum non conveniens, arguing that only nine of the total 340 plaintiffs in seven pending complaints claim to be from Georgia. Burnette, et al., v. Dennis Welding Supply, et al., No. 03-VS052788G (Ga. State Ct., Fulton Cty.).

Filed May 3 in the Georgia State Court for Fulton County, the motion states that granting the motion will not prejudice the plaintiffs in any way because the non-resident litigants may re-file their lawsuits in Texas.

The defendants also on May 3 …