Motion to Remand Denied; Severed Plaintiffs May Dispute Jurisdiction After Discovery

CLEVELAND -- The judge overseeing the Welding Rod Products Liability Litigation MDL has denied remand in a lawsuit filed by more than 3,000 plaintiffs, ruling that the recently severed plaintiffs can re-file their motions after discovery has progressed. In re: Welding Rod Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1535 (N.D. Ohio).

In an April 5 order, Judge Kathleen M. O'Malley of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio rejected the plaintiffs' arguments that the jurisdictional issues were the same as those addressed in an earlier remand order, in which the judge remanded the claims based on the …