Silica Plaintiffs: Firm's Request for Judge's Recusal Unethical

JACKSON, Miss. - Counsel for two silica defendants that have asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to force the recusal of a trial judge overseeing the cases should themselves be disqualified from the case, a group of plaintiffs is now claiming in response to the recusal attempt. In Re: Saint-Goblain Abrasives Inc., No. 2002-M-1348 and In Re: Siebe North, Inc., n/k/a North Safety Products, Inc. and Textron, Inc., No. 2002-M-1102 (Miss. Sup. Ct.).

In documents filed recently in the state Supreme Court, plaintiffs in several asbestos and silica cases pending before Jones County Circuit Court Judge Billy Jo Landrum allege that …