(April 4, 2019, 9:40 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The federal judge in Louisiana overseeing litigation over allegedly defective drywall manufactured in China on March 6 denied in part a motion to dismiss filed by manufacturers after finding that the plaintiffs’ claims were timely due to the application of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah, 414 U.S. 538 (1974), or under their state’s discovery rule (In re: Chinese Manufacture Drywall Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2047, Case No. 09md2047, E.D. La.; 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36083)....