Texas Appeals Court Upholds Summary Judgment For Employers

SAN ANTONIO - A Texas appellate court has affirmed summary judgment for power plant employers because their former employees did not show sufficient proof that they contracted asbestosis or silicosis as a result of occupational exposure. In re R.O.C. Pretrial No. 04-01-00404-CV (Texas Ct. App., 4th Dist.)

In a Jan. 14 ruling, Justice Paul W. Green of the Fourth District Court of Appeals wrote that the trial court did not err in denying the former employees' motions for continuance or for further discovery prior to ruling on the no-evidence motions for summary judgment.

Nor did the trial …