Defendants Named in 2nd Miss. Suit Move for Summary Judgment

GREENVILLE, Miss. - A Mississippi silica case that was re-filed five years after it was initially brought in state court has been set for trial, but at least two of the defendants named in the second case that weren't named in the first have filed a motion to dismiss the case. Watkins v. Bob Schmidt Inc., et al., No. 07-91 (N.D. Miss.).

Quikrete Companies Inc. and Oglebay Norton Industrial Sands Inc. argue in briefs filed Aug. 22 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi that plaintiff Robert Watkins waited too long after discovering his silica-related injury …