Defendants Move for Summary Judgment Ahead of Miss. Silica Trial

COLUMBIA, Miss. - Defendants remaining in a case set for trial next month in Mississippi have moved for summary judgment, claiming the plaintiff failed to present evidence that he used any of defendants' products or that they caused his silica-related injury. Brown v. Pulmosan Safety Equipment, et al., No. 2006-0224 (Miss. Cir. Ct., Marion Cty.).

In a motion for summary judgment filed Jan. 20 in Marion County Circuit Court, Clemco Industries, Clark Sand Company Inc., P.K. Lindsay Co. and Southern Silica of Louisiana Inc. contend that Jesse Brown failed to identify any of the companies' products when he was deposed …