( January 19, 2024, 12:20 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. government has filed a brief in Louisiana federal court arguing that DuPont Specialty Products USA LLC is a necessary party in a chemical injury lawsuit involving carcinogenic chloroprene XE "chloroprene" emissions from neoprene XE
"neoprene" manufacturing operations and, therefore, the district court should deny DuPont’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in which it insists that it must be dismissed from the case....