(September 21, 2017, 2:12 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Plaintiffs have told the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that their case involves the negligence of a private company in mishandling asbestos and does not involve the U.S. Navy’s requirement that asbestos be used. But in a July 27 reply, the shipyard defendant argue that under 2011 amendments to the federal code, such conduct is sufficiently associated with federal directives as to require removal (Stephen R. Legendre, et al. v. Huntington Ingalls Inc., et al., No. 17-30371, 5th Cir.)....