U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey: Asbestos Cases

Our case-law library holds 12 asbestos decisions from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey (2005–2023). Each links to our summary and the full opinion.

• Kind of court: Federal bankruptcy court

Decisions

• In re Ltl Management LLC (2023). The bankruptcy court granted in part and denied in part the talc claimants' law firms' requests for substantial contribution administrative claims: it allowed claims for general discovery, first day matters and venue change work, and 25% of the claims for opposing the preliminary injunction and automatic stay extension, and denied fees for work done while the official committees' professionals were in place.
• In re Ltl Management, LLC (2023). The bankruptcy court granted the motions of talc claimants, the Official Committee of Talc Claimants, the U.S. Trustee and others and dismissed LTL Management's second chapter 11 case as a bad-faith filing, because LTL did not show imminent financial distress; the debtor and the supporting law firms lost.
• In re Ltl Management, LLC (2023). The bankruptcy court granted LTL Management's motion in part and denied it in part, replacing the temporary restraining order with a limited preliminary injunction that bars trials against the listed non-debtor Protected Parties through June 15, 2023, with the multi-district litigation restraints to be revisited on May 22, 2023.
• In re Ltl Management, LLC (2022). The bankruptcy court granted LTL Management's motion and extended the automatic stay, or alternatively a § 105(a) preliminary injunction, to the New Mexico and Mississippi consumer protection actions against J&J and related nondebtors, over the States' objections, subject to review at a later hearing.
• In re Ltl Management, LLC (2022). The bankruptcy court granted debtor LTL Management's motion and preliminarily enjoined the securities class (SDCERA and the putative class) from continuing the securities action against J&J and non-debtor affiliates, with the stay to be revisited on June 29, 2022.
• In re Ltl Management, LLC (2022). The bankruptcy court denied the motions by the Official Committee of Talc Claimants and Arnold & Itkin to dismiss LTL Management's chapter 11 case as a bad-faith filing, so the debtor (LTL) won and the talc claimants lost.
• In re Ltl Management, LLC. (2022). The bankruptcy court granted in part the motions of debtor LTL and the Arnold & Itkin law firm, struck the U.S. Trustee's Notice of Appointment of two talc claimant committees, disbanded those committees, and reinstated the original committee, over the U.S. Trustee's position.
• N RE Ltl Management, LLC (2022). The bankruptcy court granted LTL Management's motion, extending the automatic stay (and, alternatively, a preliminary injunction) to J&J, New JJCI and the retailers, over the objections of the talc claimants' committee, AWKO and certain insurers, and set a review for June 29, 2022.
• In re GI Holdings, Inc. (2016). The bankruptcy court granted G-I Holdings' summary judgment motion and dismissed the New York City Housing Authority's indemnity and restitution claims, and denied the Housing Authority's cross-motion for partial summary judgment on liability.
• In re GI Holdings, Inc. (2014). The bankruptcy court granted G-I Holdings' motion to dismiss the New York City Housing Authority's complaint for injunctive and declaratory relief with prejudice, holding the claims barred by the confirmed Plan.
• In re Congoleum Corp. (2007). The bankruptcy court granted in part and denied in part the insurers' summary judgment motions, ruling the Debtors' Tenth Modified Joint Plan unconfirmable as a matter of law, in favor of the objecting insurers and against Congoleum and the asbestos claimants' committee.
• In re GI Holdings, Inc. (2005). The bankruptcy court denied debtor G-I Holdings' motion to liquidate asbestos claims through its medical matrix, denied the Committee's request for a mandatory § 524(g) trust, and ordered an aggregate estimation of present claims in phases.