Quartz Countertop Makers Want Immunity Against Legal Claims from Sick Stone Cutters

Workers are filing lawsuits against the countertop industry as cases of silicosis, a deadly lung disease, rise.Jeff Rose, a part owner of a countertop fabrication shop in Nicholasville, Ky., is among the hundreds, if not thousands, of workers who have been diagnosed with silicosis, a lethal lung disease caused by inhaling silica dust.