The so-called phantom epidemic of silicosis has become a hot potato for the plaintiffs bar. Silica exposure was once hailed as "the next big mass tort." But in June a judge eviscerated the attorneys representing individuals with silicosis claims, accusing them of intentionally manufacturing a mass tort in federal multidistrict litigation. In the wake of her ruling, defense attorneys are celebrating, while plaintiffs attorneys are pointing the finger at each other.
October 13, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The so-called phantom epidemic of silicosis has become a hot potato for the plaintiffs bar.
Silica exposure was once hailed as “the next big mass tort.” But in June federal district court Judge Janis Graham Jack of Corpus Christi, Texas, eviscerated the attorneys representing individuals with silicosis claims, accusing them of intentionally manufacturing a mass tort in federal multidistrict litigation.
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