McGuire v. United States

This matter arisés from the multidistrict litigation (“MDL”), In re FEMA Trailer Formaldehyde Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 07-1873. Although the MDL included plaintiffs from Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, this appeal involves only the Louisiana plaintiffs (hereinafter “plaintiffs”). “All actions centralized in the MDL share factual questions relating to allegations that the [Emergency Housing Units (“EHUs”) ] provided by [the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) ] in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita contained materials which emit dangerous levels of…