Miss. court orders new trial in silica case

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered a new trial in a lawsuit that resulted in a $7.6 million award to the family of a deceased man who inhaled sandblasting dust.

The Supreme Court says a trial judge erred in an instruction to jurors on an issue raised at trial by Mississippi Valley Silica Co.

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