Defendants Oppose Common Issues Trial, Says Motion Shows Plaintiffs' 'Struggles'

CLEVELAND -- Defendants in the Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation MDL have opposed a plaintiff motion to consolidate the remaining MDL cases for a common issues trial, saying that the motion is a request to put the welding industry on trial without the involvement of any real plaintiff. In re: Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1535 (N.D. Ohio).

In the Nov. 6 opposition filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, the defendants claim that the plaintiffs' motivation in seeking a common issues trial is to 'obtain a verdict against defendants that can be …