U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of North Carolina: Asbestos Cases

Our case-law library holds 7 asbestos decisions from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of North Carolina (2014–2023). Each links to our summary and the full opinion.

• Kind of court: Federal bankruptcy court

Decisions

• In re Aldrich Pump LLC (2023). The bankruptcy court denied the asbestos claimants' committee's and Maune claimants' motions to dismiss the Aldrich Pump and Murray Boiler Chapter 11 cases, so the Debtors prevailed.
• In re Aldrich Pump LLC (2021). The bankruptcy court granted the Debtors' partial summary judgment motion declaring the automatic stay applies to asbestos actions against the non-debtor Protected Parties, maintained the preliminary injunction against such actions, and granted in part and denied in part the asbestos claimants committee's motion to compel.
• In re Bestwall LLC (2021). The bankruptcy court held the Illinois Claimants (except Wilda Carden) and the Maune Raichle law firm in civil contempt of the PIQ Order for suing Bestwall in Illinois, found no automatic stay violation, declined to hold The Gori Law Firm in contempt, and gave the contemnors a chance to purge by dismissing the Illinois suit.
• In re Dbmp LLC (2021). The bankruptcy court held that the automatic stay applies to asbestos claims against the non-debtor CertainTeed entities, denied the asbestos claimants' committee's motion to lift the stay, and alternatively granted DBMP a preliminary injunction, so the debtor and its affiliates won and the claimants' representatives lost.
• In re Ltl Management LLC (2021). The bankruptcy court granted the Bankruptcy Administrator's and claimants' motions and transferred LTL Management's Chapter 11 case from the Western District of North Carolina to the District of New Jersey, over the debtor's objection.
• In re Bestwall LLC (2019). The bankruptcy court denied the Official Committee of Asbestos Claimants' motion to dismiss Bestwall LLC's Chapter 11 case as a bad faith filing or to transfer venue to Delaware, so Bestwall prevailed.
• In re Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC (2014). The bankruptcy court estimated Garlock's aggregate liability for present and future mesothelioma claims at $125 million, adopting Garlock's legal-liability approach and rejecting the $1-1.3 billion settlement-history estimates of the Asbestos Claimants Committee and Future Claimants Representative.