Judge Says Sandblaster's Ex-Stepdaughter Lacks Standing to Bring Silica Claim

GULFPORT, Miss. - Mine Safety Appliance Co. and several other defendants have been awarded summary judgment in a Mississippi wrongful death action that the court said was filed without standing and more than three years after the decedent's silica-related death. Kinsey, et al. v. Pangborn Corp., et al., No. A2401-07-151 (Miss. Cir. Ct., Harrison Cty.).

Judge Roger T. Clark of the Harrison County Circuit Court ruled April 15 that Diana Kinsey did not have standing to sue on behalf of her ex-stepfather's estate because she was discharged of her representative capacity as executrix in 2004. Even if she had standing …