Plaintiffs: Defendants Confusing Data Publication With Scientific Analysis

CLEVELAND - The Welding Fume MDL plaintiffs said the defendants are erroneously arguing that they are violating a 2004 joint-stipulated protective order by seeking to publish analysis of a defense-funded study on welding fume-related parkinsonism, a brief recently filed by plaintiffs alleges. In Re: Welding Fume Product Liability Litigation. Case No. 1:03-cv-17000. MDL No. 1535, (N.D. Ohio).

On Feb. 13 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, the plaintiffs filed their reply to the defendants' opposition to their motion seeking relief from the protective order, wherein the plaintiffs asserted that their experts should be able to …