Special Master: Miss. Silica Case Should Remain in Original Venue

FAYETTE, Miss. - A severed Mississippi state court silica claim may remain in the venue where it was originally filed as a 22-plaintiff case, a special master has ruled in a report recommending to a trial court judge that a defense motion to dismiss the case be denied. Sanders v. American Optical Corp., et al., No. 2002-263 (Miss. Cir. Ct., Jefferson Cty.).

The report, issued Feb. 10 by Special Master X.M. Frascogna Jr., urges the Jefferson County Circuit Court to allow plaintiff James Sanders to pursue his claims filed there against several defendants. Sanders was a plaintiff in Patricia J. …