Judge Says Order Severing Silica Claims Did Not Place Restrictions on Re-Filing

LONDON, Ky. - A federal judge has issued an order indicating that he placed no venue restrictions on the re-filing of the personal injury claims of more than 70 plaintiffs he recently severed from a Kentucky silica suit. Adams v. Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co., et al., No. 05-54 (E.D. Ky.).

In a May 10 opinion and order, Judge Danny C. Reeves of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky denied a defense motion to clarify his March 1 decision to sever and dismiss all but the lead plaintiff's claims. In denying 3M Co.'s motion to clarify, …