Judge Permits Amendment In Wake Of 5th Circuit’s LHWCA Ruling

(August 8, 2023, 7:54 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A recent ruling by the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals finding that the Longshore Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act did not preempt state asbestos tort claims warrants allowing a man to amend his complaint to include direct asbestos exposure claims he originally included but disclaimed based on the law, a federal magistrate judge in Louisiana said....