DuPont Seeks Dismissal of Miss. Plaintiff's Post-Canadian National Suit

GREENVILLE, Miss. - A defendant that claims it was not party to a tolling agreement that gave a Mississippi silica plaintiff one year to re-file a lawsuit dismissed for improper venue has moved to dismiss the second claim based on the statute of limitations. Watkins v. Bob Schmidt Inc., et al., No. 07-91 (N.D. Miss.).

E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. says in a motion for summary judgment filed June 20 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi that plaintiff Robert Watkins should not be able to escape the three-year statute of limitations by naming …