Magistrate Judge Stays Second-Filed Breach Of Construction Contract Suit

(March 15, 2018, 4:01 PM EDT) -- SHREVEPORT, La. — A federal magistrate judge in Louisiana on March 9 stayed a second-filed breach of construction contract suit pending a judge in Ohio’s ruling in the first-filed suit over jurisdiction, finding that a stay would potentially save judicial resources (Joy Global Conveyors Inc. v. Richard Goettle Inc., No. 17-cv-1121, W.D. La., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39359)....