Non-traditional Silica Defendants Say Wrongful Death Suit Time-Barred

JACKSON, Miss. - Two defendants added to a silica complaint that initially named 159 other companies have filed a brief in Mississippi's Court of Appeals, arguing that the amended complaint that brought them into the matter contained claims against them that are time-barred. Miller, et al. v. American Optical Co., et al., No. 2008-CA-02148 (Miss. Ct. App.).

Engelhard Corp. and The Mearl Corp.'s Sept. 23 response to an appeal of a trial court ruling in their favor maintains that plaintiff Geraldstine Miller didn't name the two defendants in her lawsuit until nearly five years after her late husband Grover Dee …