Plaintiff’s attorneys have been seeking to make Northern California the new seat of silica litigation since 2004. This week, the case that was scheduled to be the first to go to trial resolved as to all defendants.
The “mixed dust” and lung cancer case brought by the Brent Coon firm in Alameda County California was replete with discovery motions, including several motions in limine related to Plaintiffs’ expert witnesses, none of which were resolved by the Courts prior ot the resolution of the action.
An article from The Recorder, the local legal newspaper, with more details about the matter, is attached.Download 00150446.pdf