Mealey's (August 11, 2022, 12:01 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Louisiana on Aug. 8 dismissed one chemical company and denied dismissal of another in an injury lawsuit filed by a man who alleges that the companies’ release of ethylene oxide (EtO) caused him to develop cancer. The judge said the claims were barred by a one-year prescriptive period, which operates as a statute of limitations in Louisiana, but only as to one of the defendants....