Trial Judge Orders Disclose of Payments to Non-Testifying Experts

GULFPORT, Miss. - Defendants in the Jowers trial have been ordered to disclose payments made to 10 unidentified non-testifying experts who consulted with defendants or whose works were relied upon by defense experts. Jowers v. Arcos Industries LLC, No. 1:08-cv-36-KMO-JMR (S.D. Miss.)[formerly No. 1:03-CV-17000, N.D. Ohio][In re: Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1535, N.D. Ohio].

U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. O'Malley, who presides over the multi-district litigation and is overseeing the trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi that began on Feb. 7, denied without elaboration on Feb. 19 a defense motion to …