Court Stays Community Service Sanctions Entered in Silica Cases

TYLER, Texas - Counsel hit with community service sanctions during the course of a Texas silica case that ended recently in a defense verdict won't have to serve pro bono until a state appeals court decides that the sanctions were warranted. The Hill & Griffith Company, et al. v. Lloyd Bryant, et al., No. 12-03000091-CV (Texas Ct. App., Twelfth Dist.).

According to an order entered May 8 in Texas' Twelfth Court of Appeals, the sanctions entered against the defendants and their counsel have been stayed pending the outcome of the arguments now on appeal.

The sanctions were ordered after plaintiffs …