There was a defense verdict this week in a silica trial in Adams County that started on Monday.

Patrick Malouf with Porter & Malouf in Ridgeland and Allen Smith represented the plaintiff.

Wade Manor and Chaney Nichols with Scott Sullivan in Ridgeland represented the defendant.

This is a different trial from the Claiborne County trial going on this week. We may be about to get a lesson in the significance of venue.