Plaintiffs Say Defendants' Plan Envisions No End for MDL 1553

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Plaintiffs have responded to a defense proposal for managing the remainder of activity in the silica products liability MDL, arguing that it contemplates no end for the proceedings and ignores a previous scheduling order entered by the federal judge overseeing the docket. In Re: Silica Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1553 (S.D. Texas).

In a reply to defendants' objections to their proposal for a comprehensive case management order governing MDL 1553, the plaintiffs accuse defendants of 'naively' suggesting that the MDL court is responsible for making all 10,000 silica claims now pending in the Southern District …