Air Compressor Defendants Awarded Summary Judgment in Mississippi

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Air compressor defendants in two Mississippi state court silica cases have been awarded summary judgment after arguing that 12 judges in four states have recently granted similar motions on grounds that the companies have no duty to warn of silica dust hazards associated with using their products for sandblasting. Spratley v. Clark Sand Co., et al., No. CI-2004- (Miss. Cir. Ct., Jackson Cty.); Colburn v. Clark Sand Co., et al., No. 2004-0257

In separate decisions issued this month, judges from the circuit courts of Jones and Jackson counties ruled that defendants Ingersoll-Rand Co. and Gardner Denver Inc. …