Court Denies U.S. Silica Appeal of Ruling on Inadequate Warning Claim

JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied a petition to appeal a trial court ruling that permitted a former sandblaster to proceed with allegations that warnings on the sand product he used were too small to effectively prevent his exposure to respirable silica. U.S. Silica Co. v. Parker, No. 2009-M-01712-SCT (Miss. Sup. Ct.).

In an order entered Nov. 18, the state's high court denied U.S. Silica's petition for interlocutory appeal of the trial court decision, clearing the way for plaintiff Walter Parker's February 2010 trial in Jasper County Circuit Court. Sources told HarrisMartin that shortly after the Supreme …