United States Fifth Circuit

In an action based on allegedly injurious formaldehyde exposure in FEMA trailers following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where: 1) the district court's attempt to provide trial results that would offer a firm basis for resolution of the thousands of outstanding cases would be thwarted and unreasonably delayed by granting a continuance; and 2) the district court's action was not so much a sanction against plaintiff as a necessary device to maintain an orderly resolution of the massed cases.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/15/2010
• Published 12/15/2010

Judges

• Edith H. Jones

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel