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Where there's smoke: commentators have suggested that similar to other mass torts, such as asbestos, welding rod litigation may mushroom.

Publication: Best's Review
Publication Date: 01-AUG-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Where there's smoke: commentators have suggested that similar to other mass torts, such as asbestos, welding rod litigation may mushroom.(National Manufacturers Association, Gulf Underwriters Insurance Company, United States Fire Insurance Co. and Clendenin Brothers Inc.)

Article Excerpt
Around for a number of years, welding rod claims involve allegations of exposure to manganese fumes by industrial workers, or bystanders, resulting in permanent neurological impairment akin to Parkinson's disease. Welding rod litigation gained momentum in 2003, however, when an Illinois state court jury awarded $1 million to Lawrence Elam, a 65-year-old Illinois worker. Since then, numerous welding rod cases have been filed, with many consolidated in federal multidistrict litigation pending in Ohio.

In connection with these suits, there has been much debate about whether medical and scientific evidence supports plaintiffs' allegations of neurological injury from welding fume exposure, including what level of manganese...

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