Mealey's (February 18, 2022, 10:46 AM EST) -- BOSTON — The manufacturer of rope lighting that allegedly caused a fire in a home cannot file a third-party complaint against the contractor that initially installed the lighting and, later, performed renovations on the property in a homeowners insurer’s negligence and breach of warranty action against it because the claims are time-barred by the statute of repose and the manufacturer failed to allege that the contractor’s later work on the home is connected to the lighting that caused the fire, a federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Feb. 15....