Supplier Urges Reversal of Decision in Minnesota Silicosis Case

MINNEAPOLIS - A bulk sand supplier that claimed it had no direct access to the users of its products should not be required to warn of the possible dangers associated with them, especially where the users' employer has contemplated such risks before. Gray v. Badger Mining Corp., No. 04-02-2052 (Minn. Ct. App.).

That's the argument Badger Mining Corp. has made in its recent appeal of a Minnesota district court decision denying its motion for summary judgment in a silicosis personal injury case.

Badger filed its appellant's brief Feb. 5, claiming it had no duty to warn former sandblaster Lawrence Gray …