Massachusetts Court Grants Motion to Quash Liberty Mutual Subpoena in Miss. Silica Case

BOSTON - A state court judge in Massachusetts has allowed a motion to quash a subpoena duces tecum filed by plaintiffs in a Mississippi silicosis case who were attempting to depose representatives of an insurance company that wrote policies to several defendants named in the case. Craft, et al. v. American Optical Corp., No. 03-3257 (Mass. Super. Ct., Suffolk Cty.).

In a decision issued without comment, Judge Catherine A. White of the Suffolk County Superior Court, granted non-party Liberty Mutual Insurance Company's motion to quash the subpoena, which plaintiffs filed earlier this year following the issuance of letters rogatory from …