Court Affirms Judgment for Silica Sand Supplier;
Reverses Summary Judgment As to Respirator Defendants

MADISON, Wis. - A state appeals court has upheld a decision to award summary judgment to a sand supplier accused of causing a foundry worker's silicosis, but said there remain issues of fact as to whether the respirator defendants named in the case should have been granted such relief. Alix v. Badger Mining Corp., et al., No. 02-0005 (Wis. Ct. App., District II).

In a decision issued Dec. 26, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals reversed the award of summary judgment entered on behalf of the respirator defendants, determining that plaintiff Darrel Alix may not have reasonably known that the respirators …