Defendant Seeks Dismissal from MDL Suits, Says It Never Did Business in Mississippi

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A bulk sand supplier that claims it has absolutely no ties to Mississippi has moved for dismissal from several pending silica lawsuits now before the MDL panel in Texas. In Re: Silica Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1553 (S.D. Texas).

In a motion to dismiss filed Dec. 18 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, John Barton Company, a/k/a Jebco Abrasives, Inc., argues that the Mississippi cannot exercise personal jurisdiction over the claims against it because, prior to its dissolution, the company was never qualified to do, and has never done, …