Plaintiffs Fight Claims that Expert Reports Fail to Support Silica Case

JOPLIN, Mo. - An attempt by several respirator defendants to have two plaintiffs' experts excluded based on reports that don't include enough information about the allegations should be denied as too severe a sanction, a response to the effort filed recently in Missouri's Western U.S. District Court says. Covey v. American Optical Corp., et al., No. 06-217 (W.D. Mo.).

Plaintiffs argue in a response brief filed Oct. 22 that the respirator defendants' attempts to have the expert reports stricken is disingenuous because the reports are sufficient under federal rules and provide the defendants and their prospective defense experts with enough …