5th Circuit Dismisses Appeal Over Chinese Drywall Due To Untimeliness

(February 19, 2021, 3:26 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Jan. 13 dismissed an appeal of a federal judge in Louisiana’s ruling awarding summary judgment to the makers of allegedly defective Chinese drywall, finding that it lacked jurisdiction because the appellants’ notice was untimely....