Defendants Point to Prior Decision Stressing Diagnosis as Accrual Date

JACKSON, Miss. -- Benzene defendants have filed a reply in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi in support of their summary judgment motion, claiming that the plaintiffs have failed to address why a prior benzene decision should not govern the instant claims. Fowler, et al. v. First Chemical Corp., et al., No. 05-16 (S.D. Miss.).

Aristech Chemical Corp. and U.S. Steel Corp. claim in the May 16 reply that the plaintiffs are asking the court to 'adopt a position directly contrary to clear language' of the Mississippi statute of limitations procedures and that the stance taken …