A Delaware judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against three major U.S. clothing retailers after the 2013 collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,100 people…

The lawsuit claimed the companies [Children's Place, J.C. Penney and Walmart] failed to ensure safe working conditions at the Rana Plaza complex.

The judge this week agreed with the defendants that the lawsuit was filed after the one-year deadline under applicable Bangladeshi law had expired.

She also agreed that the plaintiffs had failed to establish that the U.S. companies owed a duty of care to the workers, who were directly employed by the garment factory, not the retailers.