"Frank" wrote in message nk.net...
"Ian Stirling" wrote in message
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In rec.crafts.metalworking Paul Wakfer wrote:
(MMonheit) wrote in message
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I am seeking to obtain copies of MSDS sheets for welding rods and
welding wire, used in manufacturing. In particular, I am looking for
older warnings given on the welding rods and wires. Anyone having
older MSDS sheets, please contact me.

This is very important, as it relates to wedlers who have contracted a
Parkinson-like disease from the use of these welding rods and wires,
and who we believe were given inadequate warnings given on the MSDS
sheets. We need to obtain these sheets in order to help these welders
in their claims against the manufacturers of these rods and wires.

-Mike

If the manufacturers of the welding rods and wire provided full
information about the potential toxicity of their products then they
are blameless. It is the employers of those affected workers who did
not give their workers sufficient cautionary information, risk pay,
handling and breathing equipment, and/or limited time exposure who you
should ethically go after.

That's easy.
Whoevers got the deepest pockets.

Yes, and gather as many defendants as possible, that way in the end the
lawyers get millions in fees and the individual defendants get $200 and a
gift certificate for a free massage. I love lawyers.


Ian,
What you describe is a class action. I do not handle class actions.
Rather, I handle a very small number of cases for a few clients who
have been severely injured. These cases are very expensive to puruse
and I take only very serious cases.

That said, yes, there are the usual suspects that show up, and in the
case of welding rods, there has been a class action filed, which no
doubt will not deliver the level of attention or compensation that I
seek for my clients. So I do not blame you for your cynical
statement.

As to compensation, I have never received more than any client I
represented. They always receive the lion's share. I wish I could
say that were true of all lawyers.

In any event, should you come across the MSDS sheets I am seeking
(older ones) it would be a big help to me and more importantly to my
clients.

Regards,
Mike