Joint Report Reveals Additional Information About Case Removed by 3M on Eve of Trial

BEAUMONT, Texas - A Texas silica case that was removed by defendant 3M Co. just as jury selection was to get underway in state court has been set for trial in March 2005, according to papers filed recently with the federal court. Salts v. 3M Company, et al., No. 02-0294 (E.D. Texas, Beaumont Div.).

In a Joint Conference Report filed Aug. 30, parties in the case set a proposed docket control order for the case, which was filed May 23, 2003 in Orange County District Court by former sandblaster Robert Salts. The case, however, was removed May 11 to the …