Magistrate Judge Allows Construction-Era Discovery; Bid To Defeat Removal Fails

Mealey's (November 18, 2016, 1:28 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A man suffering from asbestos-related cancer may inquire into whether asbestos was used in a facility's construction years before his work there but may not amend his complaint to drop claims implicating the Outer Continental Shelf Act (OCSLA), a Louisiana federal judge and magistrate judge held in separate opinions filed Oct. 26 and Oct. 28 (Jesse Frank Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., et al., No. 16-2401, E.D. La.)....