Handling the Employer In Products Liability Silica Trials, A Commentary by Chris J. Panatier, Esq.

The role an employer plays in a products-liability silica trial can be good news or bad news for either side. More often than not, however, it is good news for the defendant and horrible news for the plaintiff. This article will provide information and methods for helping to determine for ourselves and for the jury, where the employers' responsibility for a plaintiff's disease ends and the product manufacturers' responsibility …