Judge Jack: X-ray Docs to Remain in Texas Depository

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Citing numerous ongoing investigations by state and federal authorities, the judge assigned to oversee Silica MDL 1553 recently ordered that all X-rays and documents, which may be relevant to ongoing inquiries into screening practices, remain in Texas. In Re: Silica Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1553 (S.D. Texas).

Judge Janis Graham Jack's July 7 order puts the brakes on plans to move the MDL's document depository to Mississippi. Instead, all documents will be retained by Omni Litigation, a company hired to administer the depository when cases were pending in Judge Jack's U.S. District Court for …