Defendants Want Scleroderma Plaintiff's Medical Report Thrown Out

HOUSTON - Defendants in the Texas silica MDL are attempting to thwart an attempt by plaintiffs to move forward with a case filed by a man who claims he developed scleroderma, but not silicosis, as a result of his exposure to silica. Mullens v. American Optical Corp., et al., No. 2005-07992 (Texas Dist. Ct., Harris Cty.).

In a motion to strike the medical report of Richard Mullens filed Aug. 9 in the Harris County District Court, defendants allege that Mullens' medical report fails to state that his alleged injury wasn't more probably caused by something other than his alleged silica …