In Re FEMA Trailer Formaldehyde Products Liability Litigation

ORDER AND REASONS

KURT D. ENGELHARDT, District Judge.

Before the Court is the Defendant United States of America’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ FTCA and Contract Claims for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction (Rec. Doc.196). After hearing oral argument 1 from counsel on July 23, 2008, and after reviewing the Complaint, the memoranda of the parties, and the applicable law, the Court rules as set forth herein.

I. INTRODUCTION

First, the undersigned notes that the motion presently before the Court addresses only the threshold inquiry of whether Plaintiffs’ claims against the government should be…