( October 16, 2024, 11:52 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana federal judge granted summary judgment to the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (LIGA), the purported statutory obligor for insurance policies issued by a now-insolvent insurer of the defendants sued by a now-deceased man alleging that workplace exposure to asbestos caused his mesothelioma, finding that the wrongful death claims filed by the man’s wife and two daughters are barred by the insurance liquidator’s deadline to file claims....