Calif. Defendants Ask Court to Reject Plaintiffs' Discovery Requests

OAKLAND, Calif. - A silica defendant in California is calling on the court to resist adopting the plaintiffs' proposed standard interrogatories, especially given the vagueness with which the plaintiffs' allegations against all defendants have been presented in amended complaints and subsequent fact sheets. Bradley v. A-1 Aggregates, et al., No. RG05214038 (Calif. Super. Ct., Alameda Cty.).

3M Co., joined by numerous other defendants, argues in its brief filed Aug. 8 in the Alameda County Superior Court that its own proposed interrogatories should be adopted by the court because they seek answers to questions that are more appropriate and less burdensome …