Met Life Says Mo. Judge's Order Applicable to MDL

CLEVELAND - In a recent notice of supplemental authority for its omnibus motion for summary judgment, Met Life said a Missouri judge's order dismissing the claims against the insurance company in a state welding fume case is applicable to the MDL. In re: Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation. Case No. 1:03-cv-17000. MDL No. 1535. (N.D. Ohio).

In its May 9 notice of supplemental authority filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. refers to an April 20 memorandum and order by Judge Robert H. Dierker of the 22nd Circuit Court of Missouri, …