IN RE WELDING FUME PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

Case No. 1:03-CV-17000, MDL Docket No. 1535.

364 F.Supp.2d 669 (2005)

In re WELDING FUME PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION.

United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, Eastern Division.

April 5, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew S. Goldwasser, Phillip A. Ciano, Ciano & Goldwasser, Christina M. Janice, John R. Climaco, Climaco Lefkowitz Peca Wilcox & Garofoli, Cleveland, OH, D. Grant Kaiser, The Kaiser Firm, D. John Neese, John Eddie Williams, Jr., Williams Bailey Law Firm, LLP, Houston, TX, Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Reserve, LA, Don Barrett, Richard R. Barrett, Barrett Law Office, Lexington, MS, Drew Ranier, Ranier, Gayle & Elliot, Lake Charles, LA, Frederick C. Baker, Joseph F. Rice, Motley Rice LLC, Mt. Pleasant, SC, Gano D. Lemoine III, Murray Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, James D. Shannon, Kelley M. Berry, Shannon Law Firm, Hazlehurst, MS, John T. Murray, Murray & Murray, Sandusky, OH, Matthew W. Willis, Walter Umphrey, Provost Umphrey Law Firm, Beaumont, TX, Mikal C. Watts, Watts & Heard, L.L.P., Russell T. Abney, Watts Law Firm, Corpus Christi, TX, Richard F. Scruggs, Sidney A. Backstrom, Scruggs Law Firm, Scott O. Nelson, Maples & Lomax, Pascagoula, MS, Roy F. Amedee, Jr., Attorney at Law, Laplace, LA, Robert E. Piper, Jr., Piper & Associates, Shreveport, LA, Ftemkos (Tim) J. Yianne, Bell & Bands, Charleston, WV, for Plaintiff.

David C. Landever, Weisman, Kennedy & Berris, Cleveland, OH, for Plaintiff/Defendants.

Michael W. Ulmer, Watkins & Eager, Gordan Urban Sanford, III, O. Stephen Montagnet, III, McCraney Nosef Montagnet & Sanford, Richard M. Edmonson, Armstrong Allen, Ross F. Bass, Jr., Christopher R. Shaw, William C. Brabec, Wilson H. Carroll, Phelps Dunbar, LLP, Cable Frost, Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Jack McCants, Sheila Bossier, Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy, M. Faith Risher, Thomas Y. Page, Page, Kruger & Holland, P.A., Jackson, MS, Ralph A. Davies, Davis, McFarland & Carroll, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, Richard E. Sarver, Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman Sarver, Paul L. Peyronnin, Roy C. Cheatwood, Christopher R. Teske, Phelps Dunbar, LLP, Wiliam B. Gaudet, Adams and Reese, David M. Melancon, James B. Irwin, Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore LLC, Glenn L.M. Swetman, Aultman Tyner Ruffin & Yarborough, Ltd, Daniel W. Dilzell, Peter S. Koeppel, New Orleans, LA, Jessica D. Miller, Stephen J. Harburg, O'Melveny & Myers, George D. Ruttinger, Crowell & Moring, Rebecca A. Womeldorf, Katharine R. Latimer, Bonnie J. Semilof, Spriggs & Hollingsworth, David A. Handzo, Michael B. Desanctis, Jenner & Block, LLC, Sharon M. McGowan, Jenner & Block, LLC, Todd Eskelsen, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Joshua D. Wolson, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, R.M. Patrick McDowell, R. David Kaufman, Randi C. Mueller, Charles McBride, Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes, PLLC, Roy Campbell, Adams and Reese, Michael S. Minyard, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell Berkowitz, C. York Craig, Jr., Jack R. Dodson III, Craig Hester Luke & Dodson, Silas W. Mccharen, Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A., Richard F. Yarborough, Jr., Smith, Reeves & Yarborough, Jackson, MS, Eric Kennedy, Weisman, Kennedy & Berris, Horatio G. Mihet, Steven S. Kaufman, Thompson Hine, John J. Haggerty, Maria A. Citeroni, Yelena Boxer, Ulmer & Berne, Daniel F. Gourash, Robert D. Anderle, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, John B. Stalzer, Reminger & Reminger, Kevin C. Alexandersen, Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, John M. Alten, Ulmer & Berne, Cleveland, OH, Alan W. Brothers, Hubert O. Thompson, Ronald Austin, Jr., Brothers & Thompson, James W. Ozog, Richard J. Leamy, Jr., Wiedner & McAuliffe, Joseph F. Spitzzeri, Johnson & Bell, Anthony L. Abboud, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Christopher J. Murdoch, Holland & Knight, Chicago, IL, Michael R. Sistrunk, McCranie Sistrunk Anzelmo Hardy Maxwell, H. Patrick Rooney, Southern Legal Clinics, Steven Barth Witman, Valerie Theng Matherne, Metairie, LA, Joseph R. Ward, Jr., Ward & Suzanne Wright, McCranie Sistrunk Anzelmo Hardy Maxwell & McDaniel, Dana Anderson-Carson, Gary M. Zwain, Duplass, Zwain, Bourgeois & Morton, Gregg L. Spyridon, Michael W. Rutledge, Spyridon, Koch & Palermo, Metairie, LA, Condrey, Covington, LA, Clark R. Silcoz, Rosslyn, VA, David P. Stoeberl, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, John S. Sandberg, Mariquita L. Barbieri, Sandberg, Phoenix & Von Gontard, St. Louis, MO, Bradley J. Yeretsky, Brian D. Williams, Daniel Bukovac, Leonard J. Johnson, Stinson Morrison Hecker, Kansas City, MO, Kenneth J. Parsigian, U. Gwyn Williams, Goodwin Procter LLP, Dawn M. Perlman, Jennifer L. Conrad, Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, Robert B. Lovett, Boston, MA, Mark A. Kinzie, Stinson Morrison Hecker, Matthew J. Eddy, Moser & Marsalek, P.C., St. Louis, MO, David M. Ott, Bryan Nelson Bruce McKinley, Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, P.A., Ridgeland, MS, William B. McKinley, Copeland Cook Taylor & Bush Ridgeland, MS, Randolph, Raymond D. Carter, Hopkins, Barvie & Hopkins PLLC, Gulfport, MS, Hattiesburg, MS, Jennifer Valley, Columbia, MS, R. Dean Church, Jr., Johanna G. King, Gary A. Lee, Richard M. Perles, Lee, Futrell & Perles, Lee Putrell, Gordon P. Wilson, Kristopher T. Wilson, Ralph S. Hubbard III, Seth A. Schmeeckle, Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, Lawrence E. Abbott, Abbott, Simses & Kuchler, New Orleans, LA, Mark R. Chilson, Young & Alexander, Dayton, OH, Jay M. Jalenak, Jr., Kean Miller Hawthorne D'Armond McCowan & Jarman, John D. Ziober, Kennon, Odom & Dardenne, Baton Rouge, LA, Gerardo H. Gonzalez, Gonzalez, Saggio & Harlan, Milwaukee, WI, Ewing E. Sikes, III, Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, Brownsville, TX, Charles Read, John H. Beisner, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, CA, Ross F. Lagarde, Abbott, Simses & Kuchler, Covington, LA, Jeremy R. Sayre, Ward & Smith, Raleigh, NC, Mary Alice Parsons, Ireson & Weisel, Houston, TX, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

O'MALLEY, United States District Judge.

The plaintiffs in this Multi-District Litigation have filed lawsuits against various manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors of welding rod products, as well as related trade associations. The plaintiffs assert that the inhalation of manganese contained in the fumes given off by welding rods during the welding process caused them neurological injury and other harm, and that the defendants...

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