Duke Power Defendants Say Psychologist's Testimony is Relevant

CLEVELAND - An expert's opinion that advertising campaigns by plaintiffs' counsel have led to a recent increase in welding fume claims should be admitted at trial because the testimony is based on statistical data and will show the true motivation behind the influx of cases, defendants argue in an opposition brief filed in the federal MDL. Goforth v. Lincoln Electric Co., et al. No. 1:06-cv-17217; Quinn v. Lincoln Electric Co., et al. No. 1:06-cv-17218; In re: Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation. MDL No. 1535. Case No. 1:03-cv-17000 (N.D. Ohio).

In their Oct. 2 opposition brief filed in the U.S. District …