Plaintiffs Fight Witness-Friendly Defense Bid to Change Venue in Silica Case

LOS ANGELES - Plaintiffs have opposed a motion to change venue filed in a California silica case, claiming that the moving defendants have no standing to complain about where the case was filed because none of them are residents in the county where they want the matter transferred. Beltran v. J.S. Simplot Co., et al., No. BC356257 (Calif. Super. Ct., Los Angeles Cty.).

In a brief filed Jan. 9 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the plaintiffs contend that in addition to lacking standing to file the motion, the defendants have failed to provide any evidence that any of the …