Missouri Laborer Names Four Dozen Defendants in Silica Complaint

ST. LOUIS - A Missouri man who claimed he was exposed to silica while working as a laborer at various locations throughout the state beginning in the mid-1980s has sued nearly four dozen defendants claiming they are jointly and severally liable for causing his injuries. Schulte v. American Optical Corp., et al., No. 032-1043 (Mo. Cir. Ct., St. Louis Cty.).

In a lawsuit filed Oct. 14 in St. Louis City Circuit Court, Kurt Schulte alleges that the defendants failed to warn him that the silica dust to which he was exposed was dangerous or that certain precautions could have been …