( May 8, 2026, 1:06 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Louisiana on May 7 granted a motion by an insurer to join in a shipyard’s opposition to remand of an asbestos case and then granted the shipyard’s motion to file a supplemental third-party complaint against the insurer. In opposing remand, the shipyard argues that rejection of federal defenses does not eliminate jurisdiction over an asbestos case....