Chinese Drywall Maker Says Proposed Class’s Claims Are Untimely, Generic

(February 2, 2016, 2:56 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Chinese company says in a motion to dismiss filed Jan. 12 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana that a class action suit containing more than 800 class members should be dismissed because the company did not manufacture defective drywall and the plaintiffs’ claims are barred by a four-year statute of limitations (In re: Chinese-Manufactured Drywall Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2047, Brooke, et al. v. State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, et al., No. 15-4127, E.D. La.)....