50 Severed Welding Rod Claims Transferred to Surrounding Mississippi Circuit Courts

MACON, Miss -- A Mississippi state court judge has transferred 50 welding rod complaints to surrounding circuit courts, the result of a prior order severing the claims for transfer to either the county where a state defendant resides or where exposure allegedly occurred. Mattix, et al. v. Lincoln Electric, et al., No. 2002-414 (Miss. Cir. Ct., Noxubee Cty.).

In an April 22 order, the Circuit Court for Noxubee County transferred the 50 severed complaints to nearly 30 circuit courts across Mississippi.

The severance and transfer of the plaintiffs was ordered in a Dec. 16 decision in which Judge Lee J. …