Mealey's (December 16, 2021, 9:38 AM EST) -- BOSTON — A Massachusetts federal judge on Dec. 3 granted summary judgment to a mobile home manufacturer in a negligence suit filed by a homeowner’s insurer and subrogee following a fire originating in a mobile home’s electrical wiring, finding that the statute of repose applies because the manufacturer’s construction of the home was considered “an improvement to real property” and that the insurer’s contention that the manufacturer was “a mere supplier of electrical connector devices is without merit."...