Legal Opinion
In Re Silica Products Liability Litigation
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided June 19, 2006No. 04-0606PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court 1
ON REVIEW BY THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · SmithJustice B.A. Smith
including Justice PEEPLES, Justice LANG, Justice HANKS, and Judge
ABLES. 1
John B. Lopez sued his former employer GlobalSantaFe Corporation under the Jones Act, alleging that he sustained injuries resulting from exposure to asbestos and silica present on the ship where he was employed. See 46 U.S.C. 688 (Supp. 2005). State and federal courts have concurrent jurisdiction over claims brought under the Jones Act. See Stier v. Reading & Bates Corp., 992 S.W.2d 423, 429 (Tex.1999). Lopez’s case was filed on July 22, 2003, in the 55th…
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