Mealey's (July 1, 2021, 12:58 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — In an action over the coal-dust contamination of rice loaded on barges on the Mississippi River, a Louisiana federal judge on June 24 denied cross-motions filed by a plaintiff rice supplier and defendant barge fleeting facility, saying questions remained about whether the facility knew what was on the barges. The judge also granted summary judgment to a barge provider upon concluding that the third-party claims against it were untimely....