Judge Grants Plaintiffs' Motion to Transfer Cancer-Suicide Claim to Federal Silica MDL

WICHITA FALLS, Texas - A federal judge has granted a motion by plaintiffs in a pending silica suit to transfer the case to the silica products liability MDL. Kelley, et al. v. Delphi Automotive Systems, et al., No. 03-189 (N.D. Texas).

The order was entered June 1 by Judge Jerry Buchmeyer of the U.S. District for the Northern District of Texas, one week after the plaintiffs had moved to transfer the case to the state's Southern District Court. The case, brought by the surviving family of Charles Kelley, alleges that Kelley committed suicide after learning that he was suffering from …