Silica Plaintiffs Move to Dismiss Appeal of Joinder Issue Pending Before Supreme Court

JACKSON, Miss. - Counsel for several plaintiffs in a silica case that has been stayed pending the outcome of an appeal before the Mississippi Supreme Court have moved to dismiss the matter arguing that appellant 3M Company failed to perfect the record following its initial claim that the plaintiffs were incorrectly joined to the suit. 3M Company v. Green, et al., No. 2003-M-00476 (Miss. Sup. Ct.).

In a motion filed Aug. 1, plaintiffs' counsel urges the state high court to dismiss the appeal, or alternatively to remand the case to the trial court, because 3M has presented the Supreme Court …