MDL Plaintiffs Say a Summary Judgment Motion Premature

CLEVELAND - Welding Fume MDL plaintiffs urged the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on Nov. 14 to deny Metropolitan Life's motion for leave to file an omnibus motion for summary judgment in all cases in which it is named as a defendant, arguing that a summary judgment motion would be premature. In re: Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation. No. 1:03-cv-17000. MDL Docket No. 1535 (N.D. Ohio).

The plaintiffs say Met Life's motion for leave was filed following the Northern District Court's ruling granting summary judgment as to the plaintiff's conspiracy claim in Ruth v. Hobart Brothers …