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Shipyard Worker Settles Lawsuit Over Exposure to Welding Rod Fumes
Source: The Associated Press
The first of 6,000 welding rod lawsuits scheduled to go to trial in the U.S. District Court in Cleveland was settled for undisclosed amount, said to be seven figures, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.
The lawsuit, filed by Charles Ruth, 38, a shipyard worker, said his neurological problems were caused from exposure to welding rod fumes. Ruth worked at Ingalls Shipyard, in Pascagoula, Miss.
But the welding industry says there is no link between mild steel welding and Parkinson's disease or Parkinson's-like movement disorders.
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