Defendants Urge Court to Deny Motion for Protective Order Related to N&M Screenings

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Defendants in the silica products liability MDL have filed a response challenging efforts by plaintiffs' counsel and a company that screened more than two-thirds of the plaintiffs in the proceedings to prevent the screening records from being disclosed. In Re Silica Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1553 (S.D. Texas).

In a brief filed Nov. 8 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, defendants maintain that access to plaintiff-specific records maintained by screener N&M Inc. is essential to mounting a defense to the silica claims asserted by approximately 6,500 MDL plaintiffs. They …