The US welding rod litigation is fading fast and in the recent months, plaintiffs counsel has dismissed thousands of their cases.
According to the Welding Rod Litigation Network the whole exercise has been an ill-conceived business venture for plaintiffs counsel.
The networks latest status report said: Over the last several years, plaintiffs attorneys have staged expensive advertising campaigns and screening programs designed to accumulate numerous lawsuits against the welding industry alleging neurological disorders supposedly caused by the manganese in welding fumes. These attorneys have issued many press releases and spoken to financial analysts in an effort to portray the litigation as potentially having substantial adverse consequences for the industry.
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