The congressional probe of suspect silicosis claims has hit a wall of silence in the course of questioning physicians involved in diagnosing multiple cases of the malady.
Three physicians who were called to testify at a House hearing invoked their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination Wednesday to avoid answering questions about their wholesale diagnosis of silicosis in patients whose claims were later dismissed after scrutiny in both federal and state courts.
The hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations was convened to probe approximately 10,000 silicosis diagnoses that a federal judge labeled “manufactured for money” before remanding the claims to state courts, where they were later dismissed for lack of evidence.
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