Mealey's (May 7, 2020, 1:24 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Recent Louisiana Supreme Court precedent clarifying the law in instances where a settlement does not specifically reference the disease in a tort action necessitates reconsidering an order overruling exception of res judicata, but because the exception is a state law remedy, the defendants must refile a valid federal motion, a federal judge in Louisiana said May 6 in an asbestos case (Callen Dempster v. Lamorak Insurance Co., et al., No. 18-6158, E.D. La., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 79466)....