Judge, Post-Gray, Refuses to Rehear Defendants' Sophisticated User Motions

WABASHA, Minn. - A Minnesota state court judge has denied a motion to reconsider his decision denying summary judgment to several sand suppliers who claimed the sophisticated user doctrine protected them from claims alleging silica-related injuries suffered by two foundry workers. Wieland, et al. v. AIMCOR, et al., No. C6-00-565 (Minn. Dist. Ct., Wabasha Cty.).

In an order issued April 26, Judge Lawrence T. Collins of the Wabasha County District Court stood by his July 3, 2003, decision denying the sand suppliers' motion. The defendants had sought reconsideration of the motion because it was decided just two weeks after the …