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022114P.pdf   02/11/2003  Roger J. Bergfeld  v.  Martin Marietta Corp
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  02-2114
   Northern District of Iowa   
Civil case - Torts. District court did not err in granting defendant summary judgment on plaintiffs' product liability claim concerning injuries from inhaling silica sand, as the record established that plaintiffs' employer was a sophisticated used of the sand and defendant therefore had no duty to warn the employer of the risks posed by excessive exposure to silica sand; while defendant failed to provide the name of the employer's Manager of Industrial Hygiene, the district court did not err in relying on the manager's affidavit, as plaintiffs were aware that the manager had prepared several surveys of environmental health problems at the plant and plaintiffs had adequate notice that he was a person who had discoverable information.