Pa. Judge Tells Counsel to Prepare Silica Cases for September Trials

PHILADELPHIA - After several years of inactivity, nearly five dozen silica lawsuits pending in Pennsylvania since 2003 will likely be grouped for trials in the coming months, with plans to begin putting the cases before jurors this fall, sources told HarrisMartin. In Re: Silicosis Litigation, No. March 2003-0001 (Pa. Ct. Comm. Pls., Philadelphia Cty.).

According to sources, Judge Sandra Mazer Moss told counsel during a Jan. 27 status conference in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas that she expects both sides to propose trial groups for the approximately 60 cases within the next 30 days.

Judge Moss also informed counsel …