Judge Denies Philadelphia Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia judge has denied a motion for summary judgment filed in a silica case by defendants who claimed that the plaintiff failed to file the claim within two years of learning that he suffered from silica-related lung injuries. Horst v. U.S. Silica Company, et al., No. PCCP No. 0111-3542 (Pa. Comm. Pls., Philadelphia Cty.).

In an order entered May 24, Judge Norman Ackerman of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas rejected defendants U.S. Silica and Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp.'s claims that James Horst was aware that he suffered from probable silicosis nearly six years before a lawsuit …