Met Life Says Its' Publications Are Not Subject to MDL Plaintiffs' Claims

CLEVELAND - Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. urged the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio to grant its motion for leave to file an omnibus motion for summary judgment, saying that publications published by the insurance company in the 1930s are not subject to the welding fume plaintiffs' claims. In re: Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation. MDL No. 1535. Case No. 1:03-cv-17000 (N.D. Ohio).

Metropolitan Life - which says it is named as a defendant in dozens of welding fumes lawsuits - says it is a 'non-manufacturer, non-distributor, non-consumer of welding rods,' and that being a defendant has …