Defendants Try Again to Overturn Venue Ruling in Silica Case

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Defendants in a Missouri silica case are seeking a writ of mandamus in the state Supreme Court on a trial court ruling issued in a venue matter, after a similar request failed at the appeals court level. State of Missouri ex rel. Mine Safety Appliances Co., et al. v. Hon. John J. Riley, No. SC88568 (Mo. Sup. Ct.).

The petition was filed June 1 by defendant Mine Safety Appliances Co. and seeks extraordinary relief pertaining to a November 2006 ruling by a St. Louis City Circuit Court judge who rejected defense efforts to transfer an 89-plaintiff …