Judge Grants Schramm Motion for Summary Judgment on Duty to Warn Sandblasters

HOUSTON - A Texas state court judge has granted a motion for summary judgment filed by a former manufacturer of an air compressor that argued it had no duty to warn sandblasters of silicosis hazards associated with using the product. Reed, et al. v. Aearo Company, et al., No. 2003-18385 (Texas Dist. Ct., Harris Cty., 55th Dist.).

In an order issued Sept. 15, Judge Jeffrey Brown of the 55th District Harris County Court dismissed with prejudice the failure to warn and marketing defect claims asserted against Schramm, Inc. by two sandblasters who claimed they developed silicosis as a result of …