Dec. 1, 2025
From public health crisis to legal battle for engineered stone victims
California is facing a dual crisis as the engineered stone silicosis epidemic among immigrant workers grows -- now over 435 confirmed cases -- and courts struggle to manage hundreds of complex, coordinated lawsuits, creating both a public health and legal emergency.
At the beginning of this year, I commented on the litigation regarding the engineered stone silicosis epidemic in California among Hispanic immigrants. ("Will our courts protect catastrophically injured immigrants?" Daily Journal (Jan. 9, 2025).
At that time, the California Department of Public Health confirmed about 235 engineered stone silicosis cases in California. As of today, the Department has confirmed 435 cases in California -- 200 more cases confirmed just this...
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