Discovery Rule Cannot Save Asbestos Injury FELA Claim, Judge Says

Mealey's (December 20, 2022, 9:56 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A man knew either when he settled a prior Federal Employers’ Liability Act toxic tort action involving asbestos or at the very latest when he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer of his claim, and he never explains why it took him six years to file suit, a federal judge in Louisiana said in finding his action untimely....