MDL Court Denies Motion to Remand Silica Cases

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The judge overseeing the silica products liability MDL has denied without prejudice a motion to remand the cases, effectively determining that she has jurisdiction over the approximately 66 Mississippi silica lawsuits now pending in U.S. District Court in Texas, sources told HarrisMartin Publishing. In Re: Silica Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1553 (S.D. Texas).

According to sources, the ruling was issued by Judge Janis Graham Jack during a hearing held Jan. 22 in the Southern District of Texas. As of this writing, no formal order on the decision to deny the plaintiffs' motion to remand had …