Defendants Ask Court to Require Plaintiffs to Produce Diagnoses

CLEVELAND -- Defendants have filed a reply brief supporting their motion to require Ohio welding fume plaintiffs to produce a valid diagnosis of a neurological injury, saying the plaintiffs have not offered a "valid reason or legal argument" that would successfully defeat the motion. In re: Welding Rod Civil Actions Products Liability Litigation, No. CV 04-531703 (Ohio Ct. Comm. Pls., Cuyahoga Cty.).

In the May 23 reply filed in the Ohio Court of Common Pleas for Cuyahoga County, the defendants found "no reason why this Court's docket must be a parking lot for lawsuits filed by unimpaired individuals who have …