Judges Reject Defendants' Request for Production of Screening, Diagnoses Data

CLEVELAND - Judges in Ohio have rejected an attempt by defendants to force plaintiffs in the state's silica litigation to produce additional medical evidence, not generated by screenings, that shows they are indeed suffering from a silica-related injury. In Re: Special Docket Cuyahoga County Silica Cases, Docket No. 73958 (Ohio Comm. Pls., Cuyahoga Cty.).

In an order issued Sept. 7, Judges Harry A. Hanna, Leo M. Spellacy and Francis E. Sweeney of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas denied a defense motion for discovery into whether the plaintiffs' injuries are legitimate, ruling that a 2003 Case Management Order already …