Defendants Did Not Produce Complete Marsh Study Data, MDL Plaintiffs Say

CLEVELAND - The plaintiffs in the Welding Fume MDL are seeking an order to compel discovery of a defense expert's research data compiled from three Caterpillar Inc. plants, saying the defendants have failed to produce complete information from the study. In re: Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation. MDL No. 1535. Case No. 1:03-cv-17000 (N.D. Ohio).

On June 7 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, the plaintiffs moved to compel discovery of defense expert Dr. Gary Marsh's data, files, computations and other information from his October 2005 study, "Employment as a Welder and Parkinson's Disease: A …