Texas Judge Denies Defendants' Motions to Exclude Expert Testimony; Trial Continued

ANGLETON, Texas -- A Texas welding rod trial was continued the day before opening arguments were to be conducted in the first lawsuit to go to trial since an Illinois jury awarded $1 million a year ago in the nation's first-ever plaintiff's verdict in a welding rod case. Presler, et al. v. Lincoln Electric, et al., No. 23472 (Texas 23rd Dist. Ct., Brazoria Cty.).

According to sources, the trial set to take place in the Texas 23rd District Court for Brazoria County was continued Sunday to Nov. 29. Sources said the defendants moved to continue the case, arguing that they …