Next MDL Trial Plaintiffs Voluntarily Dismiss Claims

CLEVELAND - The plaintiffs in the next MDL case scheduled for trial have moved for an order to voluntarily dismiss their claims with prejudice, less than two weeks after the MDL judge ordered them to dismiss their case or prepare for trial. In re: Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation. MDL No. 1535. Case No. 1:03-cv-17000; Peabody v. AIRCO Inc., et al. No. 1:05-cv-17678 (N.D. Ohio).

On Aug. 9, Darwin and Melinda Peabody moved for an order to voluntarily dismiss their claims with prejudice. In a July 31 order, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Judge Kathleen M. …