(July 22, 2022, 7:29 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — A federal judge in Massachusetts on July 15 issued an electronic order, ruling that the manufacturer of rope lighting that allegedly caused a fire in a home cannot file a third-party complaint against a company it contends actually manufactured the lighting because the defendant filed its motion more than six months after the deadline to add parties had passed and more than a year after a homeowners insurer filed its negligence and breach of warranty action against the defendant....