Appeals Court Stays Proceedings in 10 Consolidated Silica Cases

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Texas appeals court has entered an order staying proceedings in 10 silica cases after two district judges allegedly indicated they would ignore an order that consolidated the claims outside of their jurisdiction. In Re: Amfels, Inc., and U.S. Silica Company, No. 10-04-064-CV; In Re: Badger Mining Corporation, No. 13-04-068-CV (Texas App. Ct., Thirteenth Dist.).

In an order entered Feb. 9, the Thirteenth District Texas Court of Appeals granted emergency motions to stay the cases filed recently by three defendants as part of separate mandamus proceedings aimed at vacating decisions the two judges had issued since …