Pangborn: Shotgun Pleading, Counsel 'Belief' Doesn't Create Fact Issue

OAKLAND, Calif. - A defendant in a California silica suit has moved for summary judgment claiming that the plaintiff's failure to provide specific information about exposure to the defendant's product is fatal to his claim that the product caused his silica-related injury. Macias v. Lone Star Industries Inc., et al., No. RG05-210491 (Calif. Super. Ct., Alameda Cty.).

Pangborn Corp. says in its April 1 motion in Alameda County Superior Court that Ramon Macias' "shotgun-style" pleading that names the company among 50 other defendants is not sufficient to show that his silicosis was caused by the company's product. Neither is the …