3M Seeks Summary Judgment, Claims Plaintiffs Can't Prove Medical Causation

CLEVELAND - 3M Co. has filed a motion for summary judgment in Ohio arguing that several silicosis plaintiffs failed to submit prima facie evidence that their injuries were caused by the use of the company's dust mask. Boyce v. 3M Company, et al., No. 469149 (Ohio Comm. Pls., Cuyahoga Cty.).

In a motion filed April 14 in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, 3M argues that because the plaintiffs have testified that for years they didn't wear any respiratory protection prior to allegedly donning 3M masks, it cannot be proved that their injuries would have been prevented, but for the …