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Dismissal of Case Affirmed for Lack of Prosecution, Parallel Bankruptcy Trust Litigation No Excuse for Plaintiff’s Delay

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Back in 2009, Salvador Parra filed suit in the trial court of Jones County, Mississippi against 19 companies for asbestos exposure. He amended to clarify he was a Louisiana citizen but was employed in Mississippi in 1968-69...more

Tyson & Mendes LLP

A Seat at the Table: Supreme Court Rules Insurers Have a Right to Be “Heard on Any Issue” in Chapter 11 Cases

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On June 6, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling in Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Co., Inc., et al. The Court held an insurer with financial responsibility for claims in bankruptcy...more

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Purdue Pharma: Supreme Court Prohibits Non-Consensual Third-Party Releases; Ruling Will Reshape Bankruptcy Practice

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In a landmark 5-4 decision in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma that will significantly reshape corporate bankruptcy practice, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a circuit split regarding the authority of a bankruptcy court to approve...more

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Court Denies Asbestos Committee’s Motion for Leave to Appeal Bankruptcy Court’s Denial Order Regarding George-Pacific

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Court: United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Charlotte Division - As previously reported here in the Asbestos Case Tracker, in 2017 Bestwall LLC became solely responsible for all...more

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Lightning Round: LTL Management Files “Chapter 22” Case Immediately Following Bankruptcy Court’s Dismissal of its Prior Bankruptcy

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Just hours after the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey entered an order dismissing the Chapter 11 Case of Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, LTL Management, as a bad faith filing, LTL filed for Chapter...more

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3rd Circuit Rejects Johnson & Johnson’s Effort To Set Up Subsidiary In Bankruptcy Court To Resolve Talc Asbestos Claims

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On January 30, 2023, the Third Circuit dismissed Johnson & Johnson (J&J)’s subsidiary LTL’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition because the facts did not support the financial distress required for the entity’s good faith filing...more

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Delaware Bankruptcy Court Rejects Late Filings of Asbestos Claims

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Last February, we blogged about the Third Circuit’s decision in In re Energy Future Holdings Corp, No. 19-1430, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 4947 (Feb. 18, 2020). The Third Circuit approved a process for resolving asbestos claims in...more

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