Texas Court Grants Plaintiffs' Motion for New Trial; Defense Files Writ

ANGLETON, Texas -- Defendants who received a favorable outcome in a recent welding fume trial have filed a writ of mandamus appealing the trial court's recent decision to grant a motion for a new trial. In re: Lincoln Electric Co., et al., No. 14-05-01081-CV (Texas 14th Ct. App.).

The writ was filed Oct. 21 in the Fourteenth Texas Court of Appeals by Lincoln Electric Co., Hobart Brothers and TDY Industries.

Calling the plaintiffs' motion for a new trial 'belated and bogus,' the defendants claim that they would be prejudiced by what would be the third trial of the case. A …