Mealey's (March 2, 2017, 1:54 PM EST) -- DURHAM, N.C. — A federal judge in North Carolina on Feb. 27 said that Texas substantive and punitive laws apply in a product defect suit that was transferred to North Carolina because Texas, the home state of the defendant manufacturers, has a greater interest in having its product liability and punitive damages laws applied to the (Danielle Washington v. Trinity Industries Inc., et al., No. 1:15-CV-517, M.D. N.C., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26854)....