MDL Defendants Say Private Eye Was Terminated After Misconduct

CLEVLAND - The MDL defendants are opposing the Duke Power House plaintiffs' motion for sanctions, saying they acted "swiftly" in terminating the private investigator the plaintiffs say engaged in improper conduct. In re: Welding Fume Product Liability Litigation. MDL No. 1535. Case No. 1:03-cv-17000 (N.D. Ohio).

In their Sept. 26 opposition brief filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, the defendants say they hired the New Orleans-based Terrell Miceli Investigations (TMI) to gather public information about the Duke Five - Wayne and Laura Beheler (No. 06-17204), Wilbert and Floyce Carriker (No. 06-17205), Donald and Sheila …