Defendant Contends There's No Way It Hauled Silica from Florida to Mississippi

PORT GIBSON, Miss. - A defendant named in a Mississippi silica claim has moved for summary judgment claiming that plaintiffs in the case could not have been exposed to products made by the company because it only ever did business in Florida and Georgia. Glass, et al. v. Clark Sand Company, et al., No. 2002-093 (Miss. Cir. Ct., Jefferson Cty.).

According to the summary judgment motion filed earlier this year, defendant Standard Sand & Silica Co. contends there is no evidence to support claims that the Mississippi plaintiffs were exposed to sand distributed by the company. In fact, Standard Sand …