ThomsonReuters | Dec 19, 2012
In the history of mass torts litigation, the consolidated federal proceeding alleging serious lung injuries to workers who inhaled silica particles is the plaintiffs‘ bar’s Waterloo. Silicosis litigation was regarded as a potential blockbuster for plaintiffs‘ firms — even, perhaps, the long-sought successor to asbestos litigation. But then came the June 2005 decision by U.S. District Judge Janis Jack of Corpus Christi, Texas, that pretty much put an end to any such hopes.
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