Deposition Put Shipyard On Notice, Judge Says In Denying Remand

Mealey's (September 9, 2020, 1:26 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A deposition placing a man near federal asbestos work put the shipyard on notice of an action's removability in a deposition, and whether it could have learned of federal jurisdiction earlier by paring employment records with records is "beside the point," a federal judge in Louisiana said in denying remand on Sept. 3 (Lana Waguespack, et al. v. Avondale Industries Inc., et al., No. 20-1986, E.D. La., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 160725)....