Silica Defendant Seeks Summary Judgment, As Case Is Transferred to Asbestos MDL

PHILADELPHIA - A federal mixed-dust silica case has been transferred to the Asbestos MDL after several of the silica defendants moved for summary judgment arguing that the claims were barred by the statute of limitations. Haley, et al. v. Union Carbide Corp., et al., No. 05-117 (W.D. Okla.).

The case was transferred to MDL 875 from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma on April 14, just days after Unimin Corp. urged that the claims should be dismissed because they were filed more than two years after the plaintiffs discovered that they were suffering from silicosis. Unimin …