5th Circuit Upholds Ruling Finding Woman’s Chinese Drywall Suit Untimely

Mealey's (November 17, 2020, 1:51 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Nov. 13 upheld a ruling by the federal judge in Louisiana overseeing litigation over allegedly defective drywall made in China that a Mississippi woman’s lawsuit was barred by the statute of limitations because she initiated the suit within three years of learning in 2014 that the product had been installed in her home....