Miss. Plaintiffs Dismiss Claims Against Empire Abrasive LP in Silica Injury Suit

JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi family that is pursuing a wrongful death action against 19 silica industry defendants has agreed to dismiss claims against Empire Abrasive Equipment Company L.P. without prejudice.

Judge David Bramlette of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi signed the Agreed Judgment of Dismissal Without Prejudice, which was docketed Feb. 14.

Judge Bramlette’s order said it followed the joint oral motions of Empire and David Holland Jr. and Carol Kararick, who are suing on behalf of themselves and the estate of their late father, David Holland Sr., a former iron worker and …