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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Product Liability

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

JONESBORO DIVISION

ANTHONY P. CHANEY PLAINTIFF

v. No. 3:05-CV-00199 GH

LINCOLN ELECTRIC COMPANY, et al. DEFENDANTS 

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO STAY

The Motion to Stay (Docket Entry 4) filed by The Lincoln Electric Company,

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., Airgas Mid-South, Inc., A. O. Smith Corporation, The

BOC Group f/k/a Airco, Inc., The ESAB Group, Inc., Eutectic Corporation, Hobart

Brothers Company, Praxair, Inc., Sandvik, Inc., TDY Industries, Inc., Union Carbide

Corp. f/k/a Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Co., and Viacom, Inc., successor by

merger to CBS Corporation f/k/a Westinghouse Electric Corporation, is GRANTED.

It is hereby ORDERED that all proceedings in this cause are stayed pending a

determination by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation whether to transfer this

action to MDL No. 1535, In re Welding Rod Products Liability Litigation.

Dated: September 19, 2005.

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Honorable George Howard, Jr.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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