Defendants Urge JPML to Affirm Conditional Transfer of Kentucky Silica Case

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A silica case filed in Kentucky belongs in MDL 1553 because it's nearly identical to the cases that have already been transferred there, and because a pending motion to remand the case to state court can be decided by the MDL judge, a group of defendants argued recently in a brief filed before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML). In Re: Silica Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1553 (JPML).

In their Nov. 30 response to co-defendants' motion to vacate a conditional transfer order entered by the JPML on Oct. 13, the defendants argue that the …