Philly Court Sets Mediation, Motion Dates As Parties Submit Silica Primers

PHILADELPHIA - Weeks after breathing life back into a silica docket that has been dormant for nearly three years, a state court judge in Pennsylvania has indicated she intends to have the docket cleared by year's end, sources told HarrisMartin Publishing. In re Philadelphia Silica Products Liability Litigation, No. March Term 2003 No. 00001 (Pa. Comm. Pls., Philadelphia Cty.).

Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Sandra Mazer Moss indicated during a status conference Feb. 24 that voluntary mediation for the approximately 60 cases pending on the state's mass tort silica docket will begin in early April. The announcement follows one Judge …