Louisiana Federal Judge Grants 30-Day Inquiry Into Contacts With State

Mealey's (March 27, 2018, 10:57 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Asbestos plaintiffs have not shown any connection between Rohm & Haas Chemicals LLC and Louisiana sufficient for jurisdiction purposes, but may yet if they can show that the company is responsible for asbestos at Weeks Island Morton Salt facility, a federal judge in the state held March 23 in granting jurisdictional discovery (Leech, et al. v. 3M. Co., et al., No. 17-446, W.D. La., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 48197)....

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