Judge: Continental Shelf Platform Work Keeps Asbestos Case In Federal Court

Mealey's (January 29, 2018, 10:19 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — Work constructing or maintaining continental shelf platforms, and resulting asbestos exposures, is enough to keep a case in federal court, a Louisiana federal judge held Jan. 24 in denying remand (Frederico Lopez v. McDermott Inc., et al., No. 17-8977, E.D. La.)....