Sandblaster Questions Adequacy of Warning on Clemco Hoods, Pots

ABERDEEN, Miss. - A silica defendant cannot be insulated from liability for failure to warn simply because a plaintiff testifies that he never actually read the warnings about potential risks associated with the product, a sandblaster argues in a brief filed recently in Mississippi. Riggle v. Pulmosan Safety Equipment Co., et al., No. 05-230 (Miss. Cir. Ct., Monroe Cty.).

Dennis Riggle's Dec. 21 response to Clemco Industries Corp.'s summary judgment motion on the warnings claim says that if the court were to find for the defendant, it would encourage other similarly situated companies to place warnings in locations where the …