Judge Grants Motion for Leave to Join 16 Defendants to Philadelphia Silica Litigation

PHILADELPHIA - The judge overseeing the consolidated Philadelphia silica litigation has granted a motion by defendants to file joinder complaints against more than 15 co-defendants who have been named in the litigation, but who have not yet entered an appearance. In Re: Philadelphia Silica Litigation, No. 030300001 (Pa. Comm. Pls. Ct., Philadelphia Cty.).

In an order issued Sept. 3, Judge Norman Ackerman of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas granted defendant Clemco Corp.'s motion for leave to join the additional defendants. Clemco argued in a motion filed July 15 that the defendants they sought to have joined to the litigation …