Judge Extends Rulings on Screenings, Asbestos Info to Pilot Silica Cases

OAKLAND - A state court judge has applied a recent decision requiring plaintiffs to submit additional details about their silica claims to 10 pilot cases chosen to proceed first through discovery in California. Bradley v. A-1 Aggregates, No. RG05214038 (Calif. Super. Ct., Alameda Cty.).

In a March 16 supplement to the court's Initial Case Management Order entered in April 2006, Judge Robert B. Freedman said that the court has granted motions in the 10 cases to compel plaintiffs to produce information related to X-ray screenings they may have participated in prior to filing their claims and any claims they have …