Silica Plaintiffs Move for Summary Judgment on Successor Liability Issue



DOCUMENTS
  • Motion


CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Plaintiffs in the silica MDL have moved for partial summary judgment against Dependable Abrasives, claiming that the company should not be permitted to defend cases on the ground that its predecessor is the entity that produced or sold the products which allegedly caused plaintiffs' injuries. In Re: Silica Product Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1553 (S.D. Texas).

The motion, filed Feb. 20 in response to Dependable's answers to complaints now pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, says the successor liability defense asserted by the company cannot hold up under Mississippi law …






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