Judge Grants Motion to Quash Subpoena Depositions of Asbestos Study Authors

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - MDL Judge Janis Graham Jack has granted a motion to quash the subpoenas issued to three researchers who authored a study on mass X-ray screenings in asbestos cases, determining that the physicians are not parties or witnesses in the case, nor has it been shown that they used any of the plaintiffs' X-rays in their study. In Re: Silica Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1553 (S.D. Texas).

In her Feb. 7 order, Judge Jack called the Johns Hopkins researchers 'strangers to this litigation,' and said that there is no reason why they should be compelled to …