New Complaints Filed in Colorado, Virginia, Louisiana, California

NEW ORLEANS -- Four new lawsuits alleging neurological injury as a result of exposure to welding fumes were filed in federal courts across the nation in recent months.

On Dec. 28, defendants Lincoln Electric and Hobart Brother Co. moved to stay the welding rod lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for Colorado by Jon and Renee McGlothlin, pending a transfer to the Welding Rod Products Liability Litigation MDL.

A 10-plaintiff action, Bolton v. Lincoln Electric, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Oct. 28, while the lawsuit of Robert Silva was filed …