Plaintiffs ID Experts in Mississippi Silica Case

JACKSON, Miss. - Plaintiffs have designated experts in a federal silica case filed in Mississippi, where defendants are arguing that the claim should be dismissed because the plaintiff already received settlement proceeds from a previously filed asbestos case. Trotter v. Pulmosan Safety Equipment, et al., No. 06-619 (S.D. Miss.).

Leroy Trotter Jr. filed the expert designations Dec. 4 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Still pending in the matter is a motion for summary judgment where the defendants argue that Trotter is barred by judicial estoppel from asserting that he suffers a silica-related injury when …