Defendants Dismissed Following Product ID Motion; Counsel Withdraws

DAYTON, Ohio - A defendant in a silica case was among numerous others recently dismissed from an Ohio silica case after claiming the plaintiff failed to identify its product as a cause of his alleged silica-related injury. Jones v. 3M Company, et al., No. 2004 CV 5194 (Ohio Comm. Pls., Montgomery Cty.).

The voluntary dismissal was filed Dec. 23 in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas just days after defendant Blast-Tek Inc. moved for summary judgment, arguing that plaintiff Ronald Jones failed to produce evidence that his injury was in any way linked to a product sold or distributed …