Groups of Ohio Silica Claims Face Dismissal for Violating CMO

CLEVELAND - A group of silica cases in Ohio has been dismissed and another may meet a similar fate after defendants argued that the plaintiffs failed to provide sufficient core information about their claims within the time frame required under the docket's case management order. Abner, et al. v. Air Liquide America Corp., et al.; Applegarth, et al. v. Air Liquide America Corp., et al., Nos. n/a (Ohio Comm. Pls., Cuyahoga Cty.).

According to court sources, the first group of cases was dismissed in an order issued Feb. 16 by Judge Francis Sweeney of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common …