Judge: Asbestos Removal Clock Started With Latiolais Ruling, Not Earlier

Mealey's (June 22, 2020, 3:09 PM EDT) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — An en banc  Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals opinion dictating the removal standard started the clock for removal, and the fact that the defendant removed some cases prior to the opinion but not others does not change the outcome, a federal judge in Louisiana said June 1 in denying remand (Melvin H. Francis v. ITG Brands LLC, et al., No. 20-887, E.D. La., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 95116)....