For the second time in less than a year two US juries have ruled in favor of the defendants in a welding rod fume case.
The verdicts mark the second and third time plaintiffs have been unable to convince juries of any link between welding rod fumes and Parkinsons disease.
The Illinois- and Texas-based courts found in favour of six welding rod manufacturer defendants: Airco/BOC, ESAB, Hobart Brothers, Illinois Tool Works, J.W. Harris and Lincoln Electric.
Currently there is another trial underway in Ohio where two welders claim to have manganism, a neurological disorder with symptoms similar to Parkinsons Disease, after working for Duke Power.
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