Silica Special Master Recommends Limited Production of Segarra Data

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - A special master in Mississippi has recommended that a trial court order limited production of documents related to a plaintiff expert's examination and diagnoses of thousands of silica plaintiffs over a period of nearly a year and a half. Fairley v. Pulmosan Safety Equipment, et al., No. CI-2004-001-SI (Miss. Cir. Ct., Jackson Cty.).

Special Master X.M. Frascogna issued the recommendation on March 31 in a Mississippi silica case where defendants have for months sought such information from plaintiffs' expert, Dr. Jay Segarra. However, Frascogna recommended that the trial court should only allow defendants access to the documents …