Plaintiff: Resident with Texas Silica Exposure Should Be Permitted to File in Mississippi

HAZLEHURST, Miss. - Defendants in a Mississippi silica suit have reportedly backed off a motion to dismiss the case after plaintiffs argued that the case was filed in Mississippi because the plaintiff currently lives there and has standing to sue under the state's long-arm statute. Wilson v. Clark Sand Co., et al., No. 2002-0451 (Miss. Cir. Ct., Copiah Cty.).

According to sources, Bacou Dalloz withdrew its motion to dismiss the claims of Jerry Lee Wilson, who claimed in 2002 lawsuit filed in Copiah County Circuit Court that he suffered from silicosis as a result of his exposure to silica in …