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Manganese is an element that can be found on the periodic table. It is used to form many important alloys. Manganese is also used in products for construction, machinery and transportation, as well as, in the steelmaking industry.

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Petition Requests Consolidation of California Welding Rod Lawsuits
SAN FRANCISCO - Plaintiffs, represented by Paul & Hanley in a San Francisco lawsuit, have field a petition to coordinate California State welding products cases.
The petition seeks to coordinate four pending toxic tort cases which all arise out of occupational exposure to manganese- containing welding fumes due to their common issues. Click Here to Read the entire Article

Second California Welding Case Remanded
On June 28, 2004, Judge Ronald S.W. Lew of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, granted plaintiffs’ Motion for Remand filed in the matter Hurley Cogburn and Wanda Cogburn v. BOC Financial Corp., et al. Case No. BC311976.
The case was removed from
Los Angeles Superior Court by a number of defendants who claimed fraudulent joinder of the California defendants. Plaintiffs, represented by Paul & Hanley, moved to have the case remanded back to state court while defendants sought a stay of the action pending transfer to the Ohio Welding Rod Products Liability Litigation.
The Court granted the motion for remand at the hearing and the motion for stay was therefore moot.

MDL Judge Remands 46 Mississippi Cases, Denies Remand in Louisiana Cases
CLEVELAND -- The judge overseeing the welding rod products liability MDL has remanded a total of 46 cases originally filed in Mississippi, ruling that the plaintiffs have stated at least one colorable cause of action against one or more of the non-diverse defendants. However, in the same order, Judge Kathleen M. O'Malley refused to remand seven Louisiana cases... Click Here to Read the entire Article

California Judge: Premises Defendants Properly Joined
SAN FRANCISCO - Premises liability defendants in a California welding rod personal injury and loss of consortium suit were not fraudulently joined, a federal judge concluded April 21. She returned the suit to the Alameda County Superior Court (Edmund Janke, et uxor v. BOC Financial Corp., No. 04-0491, N.D. Calif.).
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California Welding Rod Complaint Is Third in Less Than A Month
LOS ANGELES—The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company published a safety booklet in 1938 warning that exposure to manganese may cause an illness similar to Parkinson’s disease, but its importance was downplayed by numerous welding rod manufacturers and trade organizations, a new complaint filed in California contends. Click Here to Read the entire Article

Manganese

Manganese found in commercial welding rods and other welding consumables, such as some wire, is toxic. Exposure to manganese can cause Parkinson's Disease or symptoms very similar to that of Parkinson's Disease. The process of heating and cutting welding rods that contain manganese can release fumes and dust into the air. These fumes are invisible and may not have an odor. A prolonged exposure to the inhalation of high levels of manganese fumes can cause injury to the brain, which in the past has been called manganism. Industrial exposure to manganese is mostly seen among minors of manganese and welders.