Judge Adopts Removal Ruling Holding Asbestos Plaintiffs Ignored ‘Sea Change’

Mealey's (March 30, 2021, 1:31 PM EDT) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal judge in Louisiana on March 25 adopted a recommendation that remand be denied under Latiolais v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated, rejecting a plaintiff’s argument that a shipyard lacked evidence that the government directed the use of asbestos on the private cargo ships in question and that presuit production started the 30-day window for removal....