Manufacturing Defendants Must Produce Requested Documents, MDL Judge Says

CLEVELAND - All current and past welding rod manufacturers named as defendants in the Welding Fume MDL must produce documents related to claims made by individuals alleging that the use of welding consumables caused any type of neurological injury, the MDL judge has held. In re: Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation. MDL No. 1535. Case No. 1:03-cv-17000 (N.D. Ohio).

On April 10, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Judge Kathleen M. O'Malley confirmed her March 29 oral ruling ordering production of already existing documents by May 1. She also said the manufacturing defendants - current and past …