Miss. Sup. Ct. Refuses to Expedite Appeal in Boilermaker's Silica Case

JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi Supreme Court has rejected efforts to expedite appellate review of a ruling that allowed a former boilermaker to bring claims against several respirator defendants after he previously settled a lawsuit in which he testified that he never wore the devices. American Optical Corp., et al. v. McGraw, No. 2010-M-01005-SCT (Miss. Sup. Ct.).

Justice David Anthony Chandler signed an order Nov. 29 denying a motion by Charles Larry McGraw to expedite an interlocutory appeal filed after the high court stayed all trial court proceedings in the matter in July.

McGraw's case was expected to go to …