More than 100 Welding Fume MDL Cases Voluntarily Dismissed

CLEVELAND - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio granted 111 MDL plaintiffs' motions for voluntary dismissal on Oct. 18. In re Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation. MDL Docket No. 1535. Case No. 03-17000. (N.D. Ohio.)

District Judge Kathleen M. O'Malley also granted 59 motions by certain plaintiffs' counsel to withdraw from their representation and also for voluntary dismissal.

The plaintiffs were previously ordered to supply the defendants with fact sheets, Judge O'Malley said, noting that several defendants had filed motions to dismiss various cases for failure to submit those sheets. Some plaintiffs then responded to the …