Texas MDL Court Approves Fact Sheets Following Corporate Discovery Fight

HOUSTON - Texas MDL Judge Tracy Christopher has approved plaintiff and defendants' fact sheets, along with the defendants' request for production, after disagreements arose over whether plaintiffs could seek discovery from sand defendants to determine the extent of their knowledge of silica-related hazards during the time they sold their products. In Re: Texas State Silica Product Liability Litigation, No. 2004-70000 (Texas Dist. Ct., Harris Cty.).

Judge Christopher approved the fact sheets May 5, with modifications to their original form, sources told HarrisMartin Publishing. The approvals came after Judge Christopher had requested that the sand defendants and plaintiffs file briefs supporting …