Defendants File Motion to Create Statewide Texas Silica MDL



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  • Motion


AUSTIN, Texas - Defendants in Texas have filed a motion to create a state court silica products liability MDL, seeking transfer and consolidation of certain pending and future silica claims filed in the state. In Re Silica Products Liability Litigation, No. 04-0606 (Texas Sup. Ct.).

The motion, filed July 7 in Texas Supreme Court, seeks transfer of 59 silica claims filed in Texas after Sept. 1, 2003, to a single state court judge. According to the motion, the claims are ripe for consolidation under Texas Rule 13 because they all allege common questions of law and fact 'in the emerging …






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